We joke about all the shovelware on the Wii around here, but seriously ... its kind of out of control just how much there is. This recent report from EEDAR really nails it: while 3% of the 360 titles and 9% of PS3's titles went unreviewed so far this year, the Wii weighed in at a whopping 37% of games unreviewed. Even worse, that went up 12% from last year, where 25% of the year's releases were more or less completely ignored by reviewers.
EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich did acknowledge that the general review score for a Wii game has gone up, but he also thinks it could be because more of them are being ignored entirely. He also comments further on Wii games getting better:
It is just coming at the cost of not reviewing the increase in casual and low-budget titles ... a similar issue could appear with respect to PS3 and Xbox 360 as the consoles' casual demographics increase in conjunction with the continued growth of their install bases.
I want to beg developers to just spend more time on these games instead of shoving out uninspired projects and hoping for a quick return, but what do I know? I just play em, I don't make em.
[Via Joystiq]
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11:00 PM on 10.06.2009
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And I think most shovelware devs. will consider no reviews is better than average of 0~10 out of 100 in metacritic.
http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=75145
That's right... Konami, on Oct 20th, will be releasing a walking simulator....
That said, I think there are only a couple of developers that "get" the wii, and many of them make titles that while historically get bad reviews, are popular because they provide a style of entertainment the more traditional games ignore. The rest are from companies that don't understand the wii, and thus fail. But the Wii is one of the stronger examples of conflicting views between reviewer and audience.
But seriously, the wii is the most successful console out right now so the amount of shovelware is not all that surprising (but quite depressing)
I just thought all the unreviewed games meant I wasn't paying attention.
i saw this news about unreviewed wii games on joystiq.com before it was here on destructoid :D
Oh, the SHOCK!
So will the same thing be said about the PS3, and 360 next year? I bet Motion Party gets reviewed on the PS3, when the Sony Waggle Wand comes out and I bet Rickashay the wiggle-ware tech demo gets reviewed when it comes out. The video game industry is just filled with double standards. Most of the shovelware shit still got reviewed on the PS2 last gen. They got crappy reviews as deserved, but most of them still got reviewed none the less!
That being said someone review Mad Dog Mcree it's not shovelware and it's awesome fun :|
I think that's what people have a problem with when it comes to Wii reviews. None of these media outlets review all the games and as such, they miss out on some of the good ones that should have been reviewed. Yet when a good game comes out for the Wii, you have these ridiculous nobody sites coming out of the woodwork to rate the game down, just because its on the Wii.
I disagree, on the basis that all the good games on the wii have sold quite well. It's only mediocre games that don't sell, like Mad World, Muramasa, Zack & Wiki, Conduit, etc.
So hate the game, not the developer. ;)