Nintendo used to be pretty controlling about the games that end up on their system. Now Nintendo are getting a bit lax with their restrictions, trying to open up the doors and encourage 3rd party support. What do they get? A few good games from obscure IPs and PS2 ports that make any potential demo-booth player go "ugh, is that the best the Wii can do?"
I can see how this strategy might work. After all, more choice to the consumer, and it worked with the PS2 to garner a load of 3rd party exclusives. But I can see how many will become disappointed when they play games and discover that "cool revolutionary feel" is lost with tacky buggy games.
Here's a few questions: Should Nintendo become more restrictive to what they will allow on their system? Should Nintendo work with developers to teach them how to effectively utilize the Wiimote? Should Nintendo become less restrictive and welcome a lot of mature games? (note, it should remove the kiddy image, but let's just say it right now: nobody will EXPECT the Wii to have a mature franchise) Should Nintendo encourage new IPs, thus swaying developers from porting old ones? (to make this work, Nintendo has to make sure their own new IPs don't fall short) Should Nintendo open up all features of their system to differ games from their ported counterparts? (with more features open, theoretically, developers will find mroe to enhance their games with)
[QUOTE="billyea"][QUOTE="Pangster007"][QUOTE="dustin-diamond"]Thats what I thought as well but then I dicsovered the few Wii units I saw available were just empty boxes promoting the console. I have never seen an actual Wii in stock... like ever. Pangster007
haha, great marketing ploy. Oh look! they have Wiis! they enter the store only to find there are none in stock...it'll draw in customers. lol well it will. when the customers find out there's no Wii, they'll pre-order it, look around the shop (possibly buying games), or come back later. either way you have the customer's attention, which is good. I meant for the stores. They always do this, hey it's £200 laptop in PC world (limited quantity)! Many people will turn up only to be dissappointed. the stores always do this to get customers to buy their other things. It's marketing, it's a tough world (it's frustrating to the consumer).
[QUOTE="billyea"][QUOTE="Pangster007"][QUOTE="dustin-diamond"]Thats what I thought as well but then I dicsovered the few Wii units I saw available were just empty boxes promoting the console. I have never seen an actual Wii in stock... like ever. wmc540
haha, great marketing ploy. Oh look! they have Wiis! they enter the store only to find there are none in stock...it'll draw in customers. lol well it will. when the customers find out there's no Wii, they'll pre-order it, look around the shop (possibly buying games), or come back later. either way you have the customer's attention, which is good. Or they will buy an available Xbox 360? Possibly. But they came into the store interested in a Wii. While they might leave the store with a 360, it is more likely that if it is not pointed out to them, they will leave the store with the expectation of a Wii.
[QUOTE="dustin-diamond"]Thats what I thought as well but then I dicsovered the few Wii units I saw available were just empty boxes promoting the console. I have never seen an actual Wii in stock... like ever. Pangster007
haha, great marketing ploy. Oh look! they have Wiis! they enter the store only to find there are none in stock...it'll draw in customers. lol well it will. when the customers find out there's no Wii, they'll pre-order it, look around the shop (possibly buying games), or come back later. either way you have the customer's attention, which is good.
[QUOTE="Guess_With_ReX"]Hey I just wanted a sucessfull topic. my opinion is my opinion wii is a crappy gimick, and should be purchasd when its on a garage sale good opinion, but nobody agrees
[QUOTE="console_fanboy"]Jezus christ... It isnt even possible atm to run N64/PS2 smoothly on a supercomputer with windows. Why? Cuz its hard to program. If thats the case, then forgot about crysis on the PS3 ROFL with vista... N64 runs smoothly, but all last gen consoles still run like crap.
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