RubberWhistleHistle said:
i want the wii u to cater as many people as possible. i am a fan of variety. i am not a fan, however, of making games that are movies and not games, and games full of unlockables you have to pay for. it almost doesnt matter what games nintendo comes out with as long as they stick to that. catering to the west i feel would be catering to all those things, and you know what? thats bullshit. but the main point that i think addresses all this (i think we are straying from the point a little bit here) is that nintendo doesnt necessarily need to change the kinds of games they make. i mean, i do think they need to branch out more and try to make their lineup as varied as possible, but i think they need the main thing here is marketing. the marketing needs to be better. i guarantee that there are a ton of people out there who would want a wii u but dont even know it. i met one person myself at somebodys house who had a wii u, but had it in his closet and didnt use it for over half a year because he didnt know about some of the software on it and basically gave in to this "ps4 and x1 are next gen and wii u isnt" bullshit. basically, i am just saying that there are a lot of people out there that this device could be marketed to, and nintendo kind of dropped the ball on that. (again, this point has nothing to do with games). |
I don't like movie games either. I think TLoU is the most overrated mediocrity to ever stain the 7th generation. Guess what, that doesn't matter because 6m+ western gamers think it's a gift from god and most of them won't get a Wii U because they won't get an experience like that here. This isn't a wish list. Games like that sell, and people like it.
As for the DLC ripoff model, I agree. But that's not a reason people buy games, so DLC wouldn't be an issue. They wouldn't lose western sales because their shooter didn't have paid for DLC.
I never said they need to change their line up. I said they need to add to it. Their marketing is an issue, but no amount of marketing can get someone to buy a product they don't want, and there are too many people, in the west, who just won't want what the Wii U is offering. Their are a lot of different reasons, but the type of games you make can't be allowed to be one of them. If it is, you get sales like the Wii U.
Power is a small issue. Third party games is a bigger issue. Not having exclusives that appeal to the two most important (and honestly the only relevant) markets for home console in the industry, America and Europe, is a monumentally fatal issue.
