Comments on: Is Nintendo's software success really a curse?

Nintendo's first-party titles are selling like gangbusters. But as Don Reisinger points out, maybe that isn't so great, after all.

[dirty55409]

The point of the article is to pose the question "Why aren't third parties successful on the Wii?"

1.) Yes Nintendo doesn't care if third parties develop on the Wii or not because Nintendo only relies on itself as far as success is concerned.

2.) It's impossible as Don mentioned, to port a game from the Xbox 360, PS3 or PC to the Wii because it lacks the graphic muscle.

Will it help or hurt Nintendo? I doubt it. I think they're doing just fine with their fan base (Whcih I'm not a part of) but they're not going to easily convert people from the High Resolution zone to their low graphic community. I have friends who own Wii's, the games are fun and yes some are deep like the Zelda ones, but as always I'm still over the fact that Nintendo Sacraficed graphics completely in favor of a completely new(and innovative) control concept. Enjoy your Wii's in blurry graphical happiness, I'm gonna go play Fallout 3, Resistance 2, Fable II, and Gears of War 2... lmao

I used to love my nintendo wii, but I have no interest in any of the games past mario kart this year. Supersmash bros was ok, but the multiplayer didn?t work too well.
So I picked up a new 360 in august. and have been loving it ever since. Here?s a list I?ve been playing
1) Left 4 Dead (got it last night - absolutely amazing multiplayer experience)
2) Fable 2 (epic adventure - just epic)
3) Fallout 3 (haven?t gotten into it too much, but really looking forward to it this xmas)
4) Gears of war (it?s a couple years old, but still great)
5) Banjo Kazooie: N&B (Loved the N64 game, now solving the puzzles with cars is tons of fun)
6) Forza 2 (it?s a year old, but it?s the #1 driving sim. awesome physics and graphics)
7) Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Loved the games on the PC. Terrorist hunt is so much fun with friends)
8) Rainbow Six: Vegas 1 (picked up for $7)
9) Mass Effect (again, epic adventure that takes western rpgs to the next level - I love this game)
10) Grand Theft Auto IV

If I hadn?t picked up a 360, I?d be playing some variance of a cooking game, wii music, and that little white thing you stand on (wii fit).
The big N?s next system is not going to attract any of the hardcore fans who sold their wii or have it collecting dust?.and the casual gamer doesn?t care, because the wii is just a $250 bowling machine. The buyers new to the video games industry will be balancing their budgets at year?s end and think, ?oh my, we spent a lot on video games this year, that we hardly ever play.? Then they?ll cut back their expenses and hopefully Nintendo will see a drop off in sales.
Nintendo, why have you forsaken us!!?!?


None of these games are on wii. I?m not interested in gimicy games that have the lasting appeal of a rubix cube. Wii?s lineup is dismal this year to say the least. I for one stand a good chance of boycotting the next system. I grew up with the Super Nintendo, n64 and gamecube. Maybe I am too old and have just outgrown old faithful.

[TCrimson05]

(Straight from the Horses mouth)

Reggie: Third-Parties Still Don't Get It

Nintendo of America's President feels too many publishers give Wii the short end of the stick.
by Daemon Hatfield

November 19, 2008 - The Wii is more popular than ever, but you might say its success comes despite solid third-party support. Besides isolated examples like Guitar Hero, the best-selling Wii games are first-party Nintendo titles. In a recent interview with Forbes, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime says the third-parties still don't "get" the Wii's audience.

"I will be able to say our licensees 'get it' when their very best content is on our platform," he says. "And with very few exceptions today, that's not the case."

Reggie wants to see the flagship titles publishers deliver to other consoles also arrive on Wii. Take Electronic Arts (EA), for instance, a publisher that has certainly thrown a bunch of games the Wii's way: the more powerful consoles get Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, and Left 4 Dead this year, while the Wii gets?Celebrity Sports Showdown. To be fair, EA gave us the Wii-exclusive Boom Blox earlier this year, but didn't market it to the extent it has these other three titles.



lol CHURCH.

[Donfuy]

Nintendo games are fantastic. Oh yes they are.
I haven't bought a third-party game for mi wii, 'till now.

I bought the Sonic and the Secret Rings, and I must say I'm surprised to see a great game not from nintendo. Wait. Lemme correct that. I must say I'm surprised to see a great game from the Sonic Series in 3D.


For all these years, Nintendo has done some great games, and they gain some good money with that. They never needed third-party games. Why should they need now?

[Scott Gardener]

Why is it that the gamer purists don't want the Wii to be as successful as it is? Sure, the technology is not as powerful in terms of raw number crunching, and there's no hard drive (other than an SD card slot) and no high definition, but that aside, the Wii is a great console with a uniquely interactive way of working. (Sure, the PS3 has motion sensing, but it's not the same.)

It's principally that the Wii does not aim for the college-age male marketing dogma, and does not heavily emphasize first-person shooters or M-rated dark, brooding sagas, whereas the other two console has an inordinate preponderance of them. The PS3 and the X-Box 360 are both vying for a coveted demographic with a dogmatically assumed favorite genre, while the Wii targets everyone else. And, while I'm as much of a sucker as the next guy in his thirties for blowing stuff up or fighting zombies in a bleak, post-apocalyptic landscape, but it might come as a surprise to the "hard core gamer" community that there are a large number of people who might be interested in video gaming if it's for once about something else for a change.

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