Soriku said:
Ubisoft is definitely listening to all the negative comments being thrown around about their casual games heading to the Wii. Unfortunately, they didn’t really have anything to say that will make you happy. Huge thanks to MickiFree for the heads up! This is a forum post from Raide, UK Forum Manager… The true of the matter is this, the Wii is a very different console than what most games developers are used to. The Wii has managed to make a huge success from having games on it that just would not work on a conventional console. The Wii has also managed to increase the market share to a huge group of people that are not that interested in gaming. With Wii Sports, Wii Fit and all manner of games built for family play, Nintendo know who they are marketing for and it is not die hard gamers. If you look at the most successful Wii games, they are not amazing new AAA games, they are predominantly family orientated games/alternative games. Looking at the current UK games sales for Wii Wii Sales Link, there are not that many traditional games in the top 30. Trends are changing and not everyone wants a new action game, FPS game or epic RPG, sales of the Wii proves that the majority want something different. Parents who are buying a console for their children do not really care about Prince of Persia, Rainbow Six or Far Cry on the box, they want games that are going to be good for their children and not get them in the local newspaper. Why else would games like Brain Training/Wii Fit/Mario Party sell in the millions if people wanted hardcore games? Check the Nintendo DS figures in the UK as well. DS Sales Link. Notice whose name is listed there a few times but also notice which games are listed? We make games that will “hopefully” sell to a selected audience. We are a business after all, but Nintendo know which people are their market, just as Sony and Microsoft know who their markets are. Ubisoft have always been aimed at the more mature market (Look at our back catalogue) and in the last few years have started venturing into the casual gaming market. This is because that market now exists, thanks to the rise in popularity of the Wii and DS. The Wii is still a new console and it still has plenty of time to grow, Nintendo know this and Ubisoft know this. As for Shaun Whites on the Wii, can you at least wait to get some more information and gameplay on it before binning it? Most people have seen a few screenshots and they already hate it because it does not look as good as the 360 etc but to damn a game just because of looks, and without actually playing it is just silly. All I have seen is various forums doing childish Photoshop screens, at least wait to see the game face to face before turning it into a humorous gif. Link |
Ubi should have never responded, they knew they were wrong and now this guy is just pissing even more people off.
His first problem is that he contradicts Ubi. He paints this black and white picture giving the false image that there are no 'core' gamers, and that no one who owns a Wii could possibly be interested in a title that doesn't end in Z.
Contradiction #1: He used a lot of Nintendo franchises (one of which is over a decade old) to pretend that because they sold, other games can't. If that were true, Zelda/Galaxy/Metroid would have bombed in the face of these games. Guess what? They didn't. One type of game cannot cancel out the other.
Contradiction #2: If Ubi really thought that way, Red Steel wouldn't exist. They were pretty enthusiastic to get it on the Wii, and a sequel is underway now. What he's basically saying is that Red Steel 2 has no market, and that the million copies sold of the original don't count. Because that's not what parents care about.
Contradiction #3: They acknowledge that the Wii is different, so their solution is...to dump DS shovelware onto it. Nice.
Really the more I look at this, the more I'm starting to think this reponse is a hoax. It'ls like selected flamebait and ignorance all rolled up into one.
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