Heatseeker dev blames Wiis game crowd for poor sales

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#1 Duckman5
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Listen to this:

"However, at the end of the day the consumer makes the final choice and I think in hindsight at the time of Heatseeker's release the Wii market wasn't quite ready for a game that suited an older demographic."

Are you ******* kidding me? They blame the Wiis audience for the poor sale of this game? Well maybe if the game was oh I don't know BETTER maybe it would have sold more. Ya think?

Full interview can be found here

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#2 PainGivingLink
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*Gun loading noise*

Son of a...

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#3 thriteenthmonke
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Well technically their right. The reason it didn't sell is because Wii owners just aren't into crappy games.
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#4 BET8390
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Well technically their right. The reason it didn't sell is because Wii owners just aren't into crappy games.thriteenthmonke
Quoted for truth :lol:
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#5 Oilers99
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If they had a game that scored over 70% on GameRankings, they might have a point. But they don't.
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#6 LINKloco
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I guess Wii owners weren't ready for RE4 and Red Steel as well.:roll: These devs needs to quit acting like babies and placing blame with others than themselves. First make a great game for the Wii before saying anything.
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#7 spidermonkey11
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I was seriously considering picking this game up if all the reviews stated this game was poor quality. Maybe when it hits to $20 range
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#8 fraz1776
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Some of these devs need to get a frigging clue!
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#9 Duckman5
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*Gun loading noise*

Son of a...

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Now now, lets not resort to violence. *Cocks shotgun*

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#10 Chipp
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Not surprising really, it seems that its becoming more common for lazy developers to use the image of Wii being aimed at casuals or children as a scapegoat for their poorly made games. I honestly don't know what goes through their heads when they say those things. The bottom line is if they want sales then make sure the game is quality, its that simple.
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#11 LordLanz
Member since 2004 • 197 Posts
the graphics weren't to bad, actually good for a low quality game, but am not much into piloting games, and thats funny, that he blamed it on Wii owners, I oughta kick his arse lol
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#12 Darth-Samus
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What a poor excuse. That's a total cop-out if I've ever heard one. I must admit that after I read the title of the thread I didn't think they'd be so considerate with how they worded their complaint.It doesn't change the fact that they made a mediocre PS2 PORT of a game for the NEXT GENERATION WII and surprise!!! - it didn't sell well. That's a shame coming from Codemasters, but hopefully they just learn their lesson and start to make quality Wii titles.
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#13 -CheeseEater-
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My one and only reaction: :lol:
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#15 LProjektST
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Sad. Its like devs dont understand that people need quality from games. Casual games can sometimes get away with being creepy.
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#16 Tri-Enforcer
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The silly thing about 3rd parties is that they put crappy games on the Wii, and use it as a test to see if their games will sell well on the Wii. Uhmmmmm, you get what you put into it. So, if devs want to say their games don't do well on the Wii, they only have themselves to blame. If third parties, put the same time and quality into a Wii game that they put into their 360 andPS3 games, then they may have a good argument that their games don't do well on the Wii but until then....
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#17 FlaminDeath
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Lol make a good game then you can complain that no one is buying it.
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#18 bob_newman
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Yes. Insult us Wii owners. That is how you will get us to buy your next game. Forget making a good game, just insult us. It's so simple that an idiot could have figured it out...wait, an idiot did figure that out. My bad.
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#19 mrmoeone
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well i just got done reading an article about the Wii...i guess they interviewed different devs who are becoming concerned about the Wii and its future in the gaming world.i dont want to get into to much detail but it isnt good and annoying if u ask me...and now we got developers blaming the Wii's fan base for poor game sales...is this going to become an ugly pattern???will more and more developers be hesitant to create unique and original content for the Wii because they think it wont be worth it...Heatseeker(with all due respect to the devs of the game)wasnt a good game,it was a port if im not mistaken and imo its were alot of devs have screwed things up. just because the Wii has similar architecture to last gen hardware they port over games slap on motion sensing controls to it and call it a day...

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#20 toadster101
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Heatseeker sucked...
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#21 aransom
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I always laugh when consumers get blamed for lousy sales.
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#22 nintendofreak_2
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[QUOTE="PainGivingLink"]

*Gun loading noise*

Son of a...

Duckman5

Now now, lets not resort to violence. *Cocks shotgun*

Well I might as well join in. *Un-zips pants*
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#23 chris3116
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I prefer Pilotwings over this POS if you're asking me. Blame themselves for making this crappy game not the consummers.

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#24 Sants412
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I really hate dumb people. Your game got a 5.4 buddy, next time make a better game.
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#25 meetroid8
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I rented it. This game was average or below average in every way possible. AFter playing it I can't think of any reason anyone would buy it.
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#26 leegar88
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hynjunjhmujm

I keep reading more things that make me bang my head against my keyboard :( .

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#27 leegar88
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[QUOTE="Duckman5"][QUOTE="PainGivingLink"]

*Gun loading noise*

Son of a...

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Now now, lets not resort to violence. *Cocks shotgun*

Well I might as well join in. *Un-zips pants*

Woot *puts on rubber gloves* JK mods.

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#28 dieworm
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Well maybe if the game didn't suck. This isn't the Playstation brand where people eat up mediocre games, it's survival of the fittest. Either make quality games like RE4 or die in the faces of Nintendo's uber quality games.
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#29 Sants412
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[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"][QUOTE="Duckman5"][QUOTE="PainGivingLink"]

*Gun loading noise*

Son of a...

leegar88

Now now, lets not resort to violence. *Cocks shotgun*

Well I might as well join in. *Un-zips pants*

Woot *puts on rubber gloves* JK mods.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Saying something like that just may be worth being suspended for. :lol:

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#30 lolag
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ugh more people hating on the wii
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#31 samxcor3
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Well technically their right. The reason it didn't sell is because Wii owners just aren't into crappy games.thriteenthmonke

hahahaha

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#32 haziqonfire
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Yeah i read this earlier. Good games will sell well on the Wii. RE4 Proves it, Rayman Raving Rabbids also proves it
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#33 wooooode
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Yeah everyone crap game that does not sell should use that lame excuse.

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#34 Lord_Omikron666
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Games don't sell by sucking.

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#36 hiphops_savior
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Doesn't the bigotry that they show sickens you Wii owners? I know it sickens me.
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#37 nintendoman562
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hey here's some advice. make a good game!

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#38 codemasterzxc
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i have it, it was fun for 2 days, the only reason i got it was because im a plane fanatic
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#39 SuperMario_46
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[QUOTE="Duckman5"][QUOTE="PainGivingLink"]

*Gun loading noise*

Son of a...

nintendofreak_2

Now now, lets not resort to violence. *Cocks shotgun*

Well I might as well join in. *Un-zips pants*

*Runs Away* Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :cry:

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#40 Fuelee1
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Heatseeker sucked...toadster101

I agree, Heatseeker was boring and crap and wasnt worth buying anyway!