azrm2k on 01 May 2008
If Nintendo wants the Wii’s garbage collector reputation to improve, they should take a trip back to the 16 bit era when they were a bit stricter.
Why on earth would Nintendo go back to policies which crippled them and cost them untold millions over 2 losing generations instead of continuing the policy which allows them to wreak havoc on sales charts currently?
They don't care about their reputation as a shovelware console and they shouldn't need to. They know their current blue ocean strategy is extremely profitable and they will stick with it.
And I for one am glad that they are approaching business this way. Sure I don't want to play crap like that Puppy Love game but the mere fact that it exists on the Wii doesn't hamper my enjoyment of SMG, Brawl, or any of the other games I do enjoy. The presence of Ninjabread Man on shelves with a Wii label doesn't dictate how much I can enjoy No More Heroes or Zack and Wiki. If it helps make Nintendo money which they can invest back in their own games or helps developer relations so future games can be included on the Wii then in the end it will help me.
I could care less if Wii had the absolute worst ratio of good/bad games. If it came down to having a library of 10 amazing gems with hundreds of horrid shovelware or 20 good-mediocre games with little to no shovelware I would take the former. Note that I am not implying the 360/PS3 lineup is only mediocre/good, just explaining that I would prefer a few amazing games over more not so amazing games.
