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Koch Media CEO comments that there's too much DS product on the market photo

Koch Media's CEO, Dr Klemens Kundratitz, recently spoke with GamesIndustry.biz about the current state of DS development and why he believes that the market being flooded with DS titles is a bad thing:

"We're all faced with too much casual and DS product between now and Christmas, so we're also the victim of that," he said in an interview at Game Connection in Lyon. "But I think that in spite of the economic worries we as an industry can be quite confident that we're not affected in too abrupt a way."

For me there is no such thing as too much DS product, as the little platform has turned out some of the most consistently innovative and pleasantly surprising titles on the market today, but I can see where the good doctor is coming from. I would think this issue relates more strongly to the Wii, which is choking in casual titles and definitely has a hardcore fanbase trying to wait it out until the titles that appeal to their gaming sensibilities appear.

Check out the full interview here and see if you agree or disagree with the rest of Dr. Kundratitz's thoughts on the current state of the industry.

 

 


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the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar
the GAMEGOBLIN at 11/17/2008 15:03
It's the Atari all over again :/
Char Aznable's Avatar
Char Aznable at 11/17/2008 15:05
That company would be so much cooler if it was called Kooch Media instead.
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OrangeMango at 11/17/2008 15:32
Ironically, i've had my DS since last Christmas, and i only have one game for it :/
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falinter at 11/17/2008 15:34
This wouldn't happen if Nintendo brought standards back. Back in the day there were quality restrictions. Now a days Nintendo doesn't give two shits.

Right now developing for Nintendo systems is relatively easy. If you can con some shmuck into publishing your shit and get the ESRB to give you a brick-and-mortar worthy rating then your good.
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Cube at 11/17/2008 15:38
The problem is people liek who ever owns the games that are in that picture bought crappy movie tie in games, like over the hedge,and finding nemo

and total crap stuff that was not a tie in until the game sold like TAK

Stop buying and they will stop make it and wow there will be tons of room with some of those gone.


finding nemo and over the hedge is not ducktales and chip in dale on the NES where that was good.
Cube's Avatar
Cube at 11/17/2008 15:40
and the ds version of sims and zoo tycoon I mean really...

THe PC versions of zoo tycoon suck i can only guess how nad that game is on the DS.
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Cube at 11/17/2008 15:43
And the guy has 4 import games.

I must know what insane mind owns those games.
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SpiralViper at 11/17/2008 15:44
To be honest I agree. The DS, despite having plenty of awesome games, is choked with shovelware and it doesn't look like that will stop anytime soon. As long as wee kids and clueless parents/grandparents buy this shovelware it will remain on the market.
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bahss at 11/17/2008 15:49
Why would you own 3 Animal Crossings? Jesus God.
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pendelton21 at 11/17/2008 15:55
Fianlly! Someone had the balls to say it. When the goddamn fucking Dog Whisperer has a DS game, you know shit's gone too far.
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gamesronlygames at 11/17/2008 16:08
from a business perspective this guy is quite ridiculous. Tell that to the 100 million tweens and families across the country that enjoy casual. Maybe he should praise the psp for its slick line up too.
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DinnertimeNinja at 11/17/2008 16:25
When the ratio of decent games to horrible games is 1 to 20, you know somethings gone wrong.

Just look at the release lists for every week. The Wii and DS have like three times the number of releases as the other systems.

If that isn't choking in crap then I don't know what is.


The DS is a decent system, though to be honest, the only truly "awesome" gaming experience I've had on it would be with Elite Beat Agents (despite half of the songs being utter crap).

I can't wait for Culdcept DS though!
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Dexter345 at 11/17/2008 16:31
I would say the DS has way more throwaway minigame and/or pet simulation titles than the Wii does. The difference is that the DS also has several dozen excellent titles as well.
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necrozen at 11/17/2008 16:38
Yeah, I'm one of those folks waiting for games on the Wii. Well, I wouldn't say "waiting", so much as "playing my ps3", but still, sometimes I feel sad that the Wii has nothing to play (when I look over at it and it's just sitting there) and other days I'm pissed because I feel like Nintendo is off frolicking in the casual flower garden with little kids and soccer moms and has forgotten about me completely - which I hope isn't true.
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CZAR at 11/17/2008 16:47
It hurts me to sell those types of games, too.

Yes, the DS library as a whole is utter crap, but people can't say that there aren't ANY good games for the system. I've got a couple of imports because a lot of the best stuff gets left overseas, but I'm quite content with what I've got. It's just a shame that the library is pushing 800 now (or is it over?) and there are only a handful of quality titles...

I forget where I read it but I vaguely recall someone at Nintendo wanting to bring back the Quality Seal of Approval. Maybe I imagined it.
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Loogibot at 11/17/2008 17:18
Some people might be complaining or are upset at this, but in theoretical physics, we need this. There needs to be a balance. Too few DS games would send us spinning back to the big bang, cause a deformation of time and space itself. And don't get me started on what would happen if the 360 didn't have the great online service.
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Loogibot at 11/17/2008 17:20
@CZAR
The seal pf approval is still there. The standards for a game getting one has diminished dramatically. I believe some third world nations use them as currency, with the equivalence of manure per ounce.
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 11/17/2008 17:38
What world do you live in Colette? The DS has a MOUNTAIN of shovelware crap, moreso than the Wii since its so cheap to develop for.
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DarkSaint76 at 11/17/2008 18:24
Looks like half of my DS library. But, I still wants moar DS games!
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Monodi at 11/17/2008 18:48
The DS library has crap but in my opinion it also has a lot of great titles, even better than the Wii.

In this case of over saturation, I would like there to be a quality control for it as in the NES/SNES days again.

Again, I don't deny there is a shit load of DS games that are crap.
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Monodi at 11/17/2008 18:57
@Squawk

I just want to be sure you know about the 1983 game crash

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_crash_of_1983
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GohanGVO at 11/17/2008 23:12
Well, the PS2 had plenty of garbage on it as well. But the (subjective) quality titles still rose to the top. Perhaps the difference is that Mini-Game X on the DS likely has a larger marketing budget compared to Cared For Game Y.
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