| LordTheNightKnight said: You're assuming the majority of people who buy these game will hate them. In the case of HSM:SI, most likely bought it either because they like the movies and would love to sing the soundtrack, or know people who do. You're worry is assuming either that shovelware is a new thing, or that shovelware will suddenly turn people off now that they are on the Wii. Either one is false, and therefore not legitimate ground for this worry. Shovelware has been a major problem for other hit systems. I repeat. SHOVELWARE HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR OTHER HIT SYSTEMS. The all caps are to make that point clear. The Wii will not fail due to some people pretending the Wii is magically filling with some new kind of drek. This drek also sold on the PS2, and the Gameboy line. If those systems were hits, how can this hurt the Wii? If your worry was legitimate, there would already be signs. So far, the worst ranked games are also largely the lowest selling. By your logic, they should be hits, causing diminishing returns. Also, with the Wii being out this long, there should already be signs of this. There are none, so your worry is not legitmate. You want a legitimate worry, try basing one on actual history and facts. The history and facts here say your worry is wrong. |
Shovelware is a new thing to the market Nintendo is now targeting. Gamers know what to avoid (usually), but a lot of the people Nintendo is trying to reach especially in the older and younger crowds don't. There's no one holding up a big neon flashing sign saying "Movie games are usually bad, avoid Cars!" for them. They don't know any better. Just because we've been seeing it and recognizing it for years doesn't mean everyone has. Get off your high horse and recognize you're no longer Nintendo's only target. Your opinions and knowledge don't represent everyone.
What do you mean we'd already be seeing signs? Do you think the Wii got the mini-game stigma out of thin air? Where do you think that came from? Developers are starting to put down the Wii saying that their games won't sell/the demographic doesn't suit their needs. Other developers are making all that shovelware and succeeding. These companies making shovelware aren't disappearing, they're growing. A month or two ago we had the thread on the company that was forcasting a hundred or so shovelware games for 2008 because those games are becoming very successful.
