Bloober believes a core audience exists on Wii, quality impact game sales
January 13th, 2010 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii“With such a strong install base it’s hard to believe that there’s not enough people to appreciate mature, core content. It’s all about games and quality. I’m not surprised that another shooter on rails doesn’t sell well. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that people expect something more than that..I bet No More Heroes 2 will do pretty good, as well as the new Metroid and Capcom’s Monster Hunter. I hope that Last Flight will be successful and that’s because we’re making a game that was thought out as a Wii game. Instead of bitching, we’d rather create something that has value and doesn’t feel like a third-rate port put together to make a quick buck.
Was it the right decision to develop a game on Wii? Should we make it less violent? Are we gonna sell enough copies to pay our bills? You know, typical questions, nothing unusual here. And while we love and respect Capcom and Pachter, we wouldn’t go that far and say that mature stuff doesn’t sell or that it’s the platform holder’s fault. Our logic is far simpler: if the game doesn’t sell, we did something wrong.” – executive producer Marcin Kawa
I personally don’t believe that a high-quality Wii title will always sales, but it definitely has some sort of impact. It’ll be interesting to see how Bloober’s upcoming WiiWare title, Last Flight, performs after hearing these remarks. According to Kawa, if it doesn’t sell, then the company did something wrong with the title.
- SEGA talks sales of Wii titles, believes Nintendo could expand mature market with their own game, and says gamer’s games for Wii will continue Published on: January 9, 2010
- Pachter: There is not a third party “core” audience on Wii Published on: August 13, 2009
- High Voltage: Wii audience has no quality FPS games to buy Published on: April 24, 2009
- Dead Space Wii will be a quality port, EA intends to deliver quality content that will rival Nintendo, more Published on: February 3, 2009
- EA: Wiimote is imprecise and has an impact on quality of games Published on: July 22, 2008
3 Responses to “Bloober believes a core audience exists on Wii, quality impact game sales”
By john on Jan 13, 2010
maybe ubisoft should read this post since they just announced they are moving away from development on ds and wii in favor of developing much more for the ps3 and xbox. they are blaming ds and wii systems for their losing millions.
while were at it maybe sega and capcom should look at what this dude said above. TRY MAKING LESS RAIL SHOOTERS! lol
By bob on Jan 13, 2010
i like this guy……..
By Crocodile on Jan 13, 2010
He said the true, everybody prefers amazing games like No More Heroes 2 rather than crappy on-rail shooters or shitty ports.