Sick of the endless stream of mini game shovelware infesting the Wii game library? According to reports, you're not the only one. Both Best Buy and Target allegedly share your views, and have grown so tired of cheap waggle crap that they are refusing to stock such games.
A Gamasutra article states that the two retail chains are telling publishers to not even bother approaching them with mini game compilations because they will be turned away at the door. While this will do little to dampen the Wii's unfortunate reputation as a dumping ground for awful videogames, it's still great to see that such lazy, cheap, insulting crap has saturated itself out of profit.
That said, some titles, like that terrible Carnival Games, still manage to inexplicably make money, so we'll have to see just how rigid Best Buy and Target remain on this moratorium.
Third-Party Publishers React To Deflating Wii Bubble [Gamasutra]
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10:30 AM on 01.11.2010
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But as for this, I say it says more about the expanded audience that they are less willing to by the same thing over and over again than more dedicated gamers willing to buy sequel after sequel.
It was a marketing gimmick. Did you actually take a look at many of the games given that seal?
You save the Nintendo hate for the story where retailers are saying they're going to sell LESS shovelware?
Learn when to pick your fights dude...
just joking around I love nintendo that's why Im playing Zelda get it get it? anyways maybe doing this will get the developers to do better games I'm just waiting for other M I love me some metroid gaiden
I can't believe comments have gotten so bad recently that I can no longer tell that people are being sarcastic. It's a truly sad day indeed.
I misread ur comment sorry Its 9 am I'm still sleepy but I love u man that's all that matters now
There goes my profit.
Time for developers to stop coasting with little point and motion mini-games and make stuff with actual substance.
On the plus side: Do notice that while we have a TON of these collections, we have not gotten another Mario Party in a while. This should be at least considered a victory.
Anyway, the gist of what I said was, is it possible that the removal of all of these games will just shrink the shelf space the Wii has already? You're going to have lots of holes, and it's not like when retailers looked at a list of games, they catered to the ones we'd rather no one play.
But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Let's hope so. :3
Calm down, just kidding.
I mean, hell, you didn't ignore the PS2's great games because of all the shovelware it got. What's the beef with Nintendo, exactly?
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/NihonTiger90/retailers-to-stop-selling-wii-mini-game-compilations-but-is-it-a-bad-thing--160119.phtml#story
Here's a pro-tip Jim. You are working right now. That means, put down the fucking controller, and write something newsworthy. Or, make us think you are at least trying to actually work for whatever money Niero pays you, and STOP TWEETING ABOUT PLAYING GAMES EVERY 5 FUCKING SECONDS WHEN YOU SHOULD BE WORKING. Fuck man, its not that difficult.
Or at least when you can clearly see the article already in the Cblogs, link to it, don't go out of your way to completely pass the article off as your own. It's bullshit, and more people should call you on it. But they are to busy calling you names and 4channing the place up.
Don't repsond to this, because it will just be c.y.a. material. Just do your job, and stop fucking off. You even clog up the twitter board like you do the front page of d-toid.
I for one am glad Jim posted this article, and hopefully the Wii can start shining again instead of being buried in crap shovelware.
This is just *my* opinion, no one else has to listen to it.
They stay because they're made from a first-party developer?
Pish posh.
I wonder if/how this will affect Nintendo's overall strategy. Maybe they will put more pressure on developers?
1)While you have a decent point about a few of those games being of mediocre quality that is nothing compared to the horrible quality of the shovelware games on the Wii.
2)There are way more shovelware titles on the Wii then there are mediocre 360 JRPGs. While I don't have the exact numbers with me it is pretty much a fact that this is the case.
3)Many would disagree that Eternal Sonata and Star Ocean are bad JRPGs. Eternal Sonata was short and linear, but had decent characters, superb graphics, and a somewhat complex battle system. Star Ocean had the best gameplay for any JRPG despite that fact that it was marred by the typical JRPG and anime tropes that was rampant.
4)The PS2 while being one of the best RPG consoles ever had it's fair share of bad RPGs. Should we do a story on that?
5)I highly doubt a few bad 360 JPRGs would have the same impact as dozens and dozens of bad shovelware games on the Wii that are being bought for no apparent reason.
6)You should play some Tales Of Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, and Blue Dragon. That may help your poor perception on 360 JRPGs.
Yes.
Shovelware consumers don't set out to their local store with plans on buying these games. They just look at the self and pick up the box boosting the amount of games included within. Although the games will now disappear, it not going to send people home empty-handed.
Even though I'm not one to talk but hey, it takes one to know one right?
The seal was never meant to mean 'this game is good', rather just 'this is a functioning game that meets our regulations and can be released for the NES'.
Part of me thinks we missed the point altogether and it's got little to do with the fantasy of the clueless parent, desperate to squeeze the most mini games out of their $19.99 on the way from the toilet paper aisle to the checkout line. I don't have an answer for it but, so far, I haven't seen anyone really take an educated, factually-informed stab at it - professional analyst, journalist, or otherwise.