misterd said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
misterd said:
How exactly does not buying quality, "core gamer" UbiSoft games convice UbiSoft that then need to make more of them? Just how stupid are you people? As long as Ubisoft can make a profit pushing shitty casual games on the Wii, they will continue to put shitty casual games on the Wii. That should be obvious to anyone with a rudimentary understanding of economics. The solution is not to get core gamers to stop buying Ubisoft titles. The key is to get casual players to stop buying shit games. |
But no one bought those casual games to begin with. They're just bad. Ubi recently complained that their Wii games weren't selling that great. That's what I don't understand. Ubi's first wave a trash didn't sell, so they put out more of the same, after admitting that no one bought the first wave. So in a way, your solution reflects reality. |
But unlike games like Red Steel, the trash costs next to nothing to make, and is apparantly earning them a profit. If it's not,at some point the accounting department will point out that they are losing money and need to change tactics. A boycott of products that you are not buying anyway won't make a difference. Really, if Red Steel 2 comes out, gets good reviews, and sells 50,000 copies because WiiBoys are boycotting UbiSoft, do you really think they'll have reason to produce MORE "core" games? Or do you think, if WiiBoys flocked to it, and snapped it up on principle the way many of us did RE4, Okami, and Zack and Wiki, that UbiSoft will ignore that? The only things companies understand is sales. If something sells they will make more. If not, they will make less. By having a boycott by a small group of "core" Wii gamers avoid buying the games that they ACTUALLY WANT, they are providing negative reinforcement for UbiSoft when it comes to making exactly those games, and will turn them towards making games for those people (Wii casuals and "core" PS360 gamers) that have gotten the WiiBoys in such a snit in the first place. |
This would be under the assumption that Ubi is following some sort of real logic.
After the way Red Steel sold you'd expect more of the same from that perspective. Their response was crappy ports (Far Cry Vengeance), crapppy games under the disguise of Wii games (Nitrobike), and DS shovelware dumped onto the Wii (Petz). The Wiiboys supported them out of the gate with Red Steel and Rayman and the reason they lost that support is because its only been downhill from there.
If Ubisoft can ignore the response to Red Steel what makes you think they'd pay any attention if people flocked to Red Steel 2? It's a nice theory but in practice it's not one Ubisoft has shown to follow.
