Comments on: Wii, Bad Games, and You http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/wii-bad-games-and-you/ Thoughts on Video Games, Pop Culture, and More Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:13:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: w3stfa11 http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/wii-bad-games-and-you/#comment-10 w3stfa11 Fri, 02 May 2008 02:24:46 +0000 http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-10 Isn't Nintendo's console "tainted" if there's a bunch of crap titles on it? Would you follow Nintendo's position or Sony/Microsoft's if you had the choice? Isn’t Nintendo’s console “tainted” if there’s a bunch of crap titles on it?

Would you follow Nintendo’s position or Sony/Microsoft’s if you had the choice?

]]> By: exgn http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/wii-bad-games-and-you/#comment-9 exgn Thu, 01 May 2008 19:52:49 +0000 http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-9 Great post man, just a few misc comments: -While Joe Schmoe might not buy NMH in place of PotC, the existence of a mass of filler crap games does detract from quality titles. If a game doesn't receive any hype, in the eyes of the public, it just gets mixed in with the rest(which, in the case of the Wii, happens to be a lot of ass). Granted, NMH is a very niche game that probably wouldn't sell to the masses anyways. -Great to know at least someone has some idea on what goes on behind the scenes. People wonder how much control Sony has over what gets put on their systems, but they don't seem to get really how much power Sony has. Sony put several 2D devs out of business in the 32 bit days because they wanted the PS1 to look super advanced. Even great studios like Working Designs went under because of this. Great post man, just a few misc comments:
-While Joe Schmoe might not buy NMH in place of PotC, the existence of a mass of filler crap games does detract from quality titles. If a game doesn’t receive any hype, in the eyes of the public, it just gets mixed in with the rest(which, in the case of the Wii, happens to be a lot of ass). Granted, NMH is a very niche game that probably wouldn’t sell to the masses anyways.
-Great to know at least someone has some idea on what goes on behind the scenes. People wonder how much control Sony has over what gets put on their systems, but they don’t seem to get really how much power Sony has. Sony put several 2D devs out of business in the 32 bit days because they wanted the PS1 to look super advanced. Even great studios like Working Designs went under because of this.

]]> By: thespaceoddity http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/wii-bad-games-and-you/#comment-8 thespaceoddity Thu, 01 May 2008 16:25:24 +0000 http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-8 As I stated in the post, there is no concept approval process for the Wii. Both Microsoft and Sony will veto a game before development starts if they are unhappy with the concept behind the game. Sony will also kill a game in development if it doesn't meet a certain level of quality. This is decided during a process known as a "Stage 2 Submission." As I stated in the post, there is no concept approval process for the Wii. Both Microsoft and Sony will veto a game before development starts if they are unhappy with the concept behind the game. Sony will also kill a game in development if it doesn’t meet a certain level of quality. This is decided during a process known as a “Stage 2 Submission.”

]]> By: mou http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/wii-bad-games-and-you/#comment-7 mou Thu, 01 May 2008 16:19:27 +0000 http://thespaceoddity.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-7 You've failed to address quite an important point to your arguement. You say that Nintendo are "now quite easy to work with". Does this mean that they were previously <em>difficult</em> to work with? So because they've made life easier for the publishers, this means their quality control has slipped? Perhaps their quality control was too stringent to begin with, and now they're just in line with the other console manufacturers. Which leads me to my point - you say that quality control is low, but how does this compare to the other consoles? Are you saying that Sony have much more involved testing in their games before they're released? Or Microsoft? Because from where I'm sitting, theres just as many bad games on the Wii as there is on the PS3, the Xbox, the PS2, the DS, etc. You’ve failed to address quite an important point to your arguement.

You say that Nintendo are “now quite easy to work with”. Does this mean that they were previously difficult to work with? So because they’ve made life easier for the publishers, this means their quality control has slipped? Perhaps their quality control was too stringent to begin with, and now they’re just in line with the other console manufacturers.

Which leads me to my point – you say that quality control is low, but how does this compare to the other consoles? Are you saying that Sony have much more involved testing in their games before they’re released? Or Microsoft? Because from where I’m sitting, theres just as many bad games on the Wii as there is on the PS3, the Xbox, the PS2, the DS, etc.

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