My TV is about 6 feet from a window but the curtains are always drawn whenever I use the Wii. Its funny actually, that one SMG2 level is the one I was thinking about when I said unregistered motion. Im glad im not alone on this one.

Try to identify possible heat sources. BTW, even direct sunlight off to the side can cause a few problems. Not as bad as on the same wall as the TV, but still something to watch out for.

It is not about 'wagging the customer'. It is all about market signals. Sure excellent games can expand the market and they can get people who would otherwise not be interested in a genre to buy. However if there is a market then surely it will buy games in the genres they are interested in.

If the developers cannot break even on a $8M game then they probably won't be greenlit on a much higher quality and well thought out $16-24M game. Only when the money is proved to be there will they even attempt to develop games for a specific genre / market segment.

Heat sources you say? Well my lounge is north facing and my curtains are kinda thin. Maybe the infrared light is shining through?

I just meant the bolded part about assuming lack of quality games means the worse games will sell. Gamers are not "take what's available" people. There are too many choices, even on the Wii.

As in that is not a way to determine a market. You don't use B or C grade products to determine who wants to buy the A products. Only the A products can determine that. Make more &#$%ing A products, and you will have a market.

And don't tell me that's too risky, as developers were too happy to put their A products on the PSP even when the market wasn't proven, and some games still sell on there.

It's certainly possible. I had the same problem at my parents house for a while, due to them having rubbish curtains and the tv being moderately close to a window. All good now, they seem to love moving their furniture around every few weeks so the TV is now in a dark, dingy corner :)

The sun is so much more powerful than the emitter in the sensor bar, so even if its a bit far away and behind thin curtains, the Wii can often have trouble deciding which it believes to be the sensor bar, especially if it's a game that uses both gyros and the pointer, because the wiimote is moving about more.

^^ happens to me when my curtains are open since they are near my TV, just gotta close them up

you know when you adjust the wiimote pointer sensitivity? try pointing your wiimote at random hot stuff to see what happens lol. So far I've tried candles, those yellow lightbulbs, cigarettes and most of all the Sun, they all are visible on screen and it's proof that there's an IR camera at the tip of every wiimote, and it's fun to watch :p

i think you find coverage on ps3 and 360 greater as its on these platforms where most games are released.

but your right in saying that the wii seems to be left out

"Less reliable = jumpy crosshair and sometimes unregistered motion or unintended motion."

@Squilliam

I have played CoD:WaW on Wii for probably around almost 10 days online.  I have never experienced jumpy crosshair unless the game was lagged to hell.  If the game was normal lag then it would function perfectly.   I am not sure what FPS game you played but CoD:WaW seemed to be fine with crosshair.  I have run into unintended motion but that is given if you forget about it (scratch your face or something during game play).  I have also experienced unregistered motions (mainly due to my position to sensor or way I was doing motion).

It's not that simple. If better interface or better graphics were such a huge factor PC versions would be outselling all other versions combined as they have both (as well as best online options).