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alfredofroylan on 10 January 2010

This's quite interesting, two of the biggests chains in the US said that they won't pick up more mini games collections for the Wii.

One thing’s for sure — the focus has changed. Stores like Target and Best Buy have reportedly told game publishers not to even bother approaching them with collections of mini games, which they will no longer pick up.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/01/10/what-to-expect-from-third-parties-on-wii-in-2010/

Could be a good move to keep shovelware off the stores, but to be honest big retailers often ignore good games because they don't have enough hype from 3rd parties, so it's like a eternal cycle of blaming each other (but at the end everybody can blame Nintendo and be happy)

 



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griffinA on 10 January 2010

Hmm, this move could be an improvement.



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SmokedHostage on 10 January 2010

All the more for Walmart, Gamestop and K-Mart.



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brute on 10 January 2010

Maybe now 3rd parties will focus on better games.



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Exblackman on 10 January 2010
alfredofroylan said:

This's quite interesting, two of the biggests chains in the US said that they won't pick up more mini games collections for the Wii.

One thing’s for sure — the focus has changed. Stores like Target and Best Buy have reportedly told game publishers not to even bother approaching them with collections of mini games, which they will no longer pick up.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/01/10/what-to-expect-from-third-parties-on-wii-in-2010/

Could be a good move to keep shovelware off the stores, but to be honest big retailers often ignore good games because they don't have enough hype from 3rd parties, so it's like a eternal cycle of blaming each other (but at the end everybody can blame Nintendo and be happy)

 

If walmart those this as well the amount of  shovelware will be cut by half and other more decent games will finally get some shelf space....



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Barozi on 10 January 2010

I approve that



SmokedHostage on 10 January 2010

I hope they're still selling Mario Party 8, Wii Sports Resort, Warioware: Smooth Moves and such.



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theRepublic on 10 January 2010

It is about time. I think one of the biggest problems for publishers on the Wii have been shelf space. A lot of games that I have been looking for are just impossible to find in brick and mortar stores. I have to resort to shopping online to find what I want, but there are a lot of people who just go to a store and buy what looks good. Maybe this will open up some shelf space for more quality software.



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Ari_Gold on 10 January 2010

so more shelf space for nintendo's own mini game collections : wii play, wii sports resorts, mario party, sonic and mario, still the same if you ask me.



ryuatsui on 10 January 2010

Maybe now we start to see less of that on wii that's enough of mini games