Reggie Fils-Aime Blames Poor Third-Party Wii Sales on... Third Parties?
Nov. 19
The Wii system library is a wasteland of great third-party titles that end up just not selling: Elebits, Zack & Wiki, Boom Blox. What's the problem? If you listen to Nintendo of America President ,Reggie Fils-Aime, the answer is apparently "all of those games are lousy and third-party publishers need to try harder." Yeah, he totally went there:
Speaking to Forbes, Fils-Aime conceded that the Wii hosts a range of third-party titles which, with a few exceptions, largely do not exemplify quality software for the platform. The reason for this, he says, is that certain developers and publishers still don't 'get' the Wii's design philosophy.
"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."
With Nintendo of America's head honcho making cracks like that about the efforts thus far, I have a hard imagining many more third-parties are going to want to invest in the Wii instead of the more lucrative 360, either. Seriously, just not a classy move in any way.
Dack (11)
Dave Rudden (1)
KouAidou (10)
Comments
He did say "with a few exceptions". It's a running meme that the vast majority of third-party software for the Wii is crap.
I'd submit that the "majority" of third-party software for any system is crap. With a few exceptions, perhaps.
You must be registered and logged in to leave comments.
If you are already have a login with GamePro.com, Gamerhelp.com, Games.net or GameProFamily.com, then use that login!