| mike_intellivision said: Take 2 used the Wii -- specifically Carnival Games -- to keep itself financially afloat while awaiting Rock Star's GTA. It is throwing the Wii a bone with Sid Meier's Pirates -- but should have done Civilization Revolution for the console as originally planned. Personally, I loved the comments from the original article -- which talked about peer pressure, fanboyism, and stale ideas.
Mike from Morgantown |
Not to mention that the company now seems to be in a prestige mentality. If this means dropping potboilers and relying on DLC for revenue streams, they just replaced old problems with new ones.
Oh, and he doesn't address why his son is embarrased about the Wii. Because that would mean he'd have to address that putting a GTA game on the Wii (a slightly polished port of Bully doesn't count, and that still made money anyway) is something they dropped the ball on.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
