Mention the Wii in these circles, and some potentially upsetting comment isn't far away. Calling it a "Monopoly box in a closet," THQ SVP of Creative Development Danny Bilson has shared an opinion on Nintendo's little white waggle box that mirrors those of quite a few so-called "core" gamers.
"The Wii is a Monopoly box in a closet! I've got my Wii Sports and I'm good," he explains. "I take it out, get the family around, we flail around for a couple hours, and we're happy until next month when we take it out, or maybe for junior's birthday, I'm going to buy him a Mario game."
Amusingly, Bilson practically admits that he doesn't plan to help make the Wii a better system for games: "Right now, we're not moving hardcore stuff to the Wii. We were; we stopped it, just because we're a little risk averse." He states the Wii is full of "junk," but he's a "big believer" in casual family titles. Don't they tend to be the same thing?
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11:25 AM on 06.01.2009
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Maybe he should have bought Deadly Creatures and helped the cause a little or, you know, market it.
you can't blame the guy for stating what was true for him about his wii.
I don't think anyone really cares how much time he himself spends on the Wii. If he doesn't use it fair enough but the fact that THQ makes alot of the so called "junk" on the wii that he's complaining about is what's pissing everyone off. You can't make "All Star Cheerleader" then complain about the quality of games
*waits for John B to show up*
Looks like the WiiWare and Virtual Console will be more conforting.