orannis62 said:
According to an article I found, [http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/wii-s-future-in-motion/1270287] because of Nintendo's apparently superior marketing lower-manufactoring cost strategy, they make $6 on each Wii sold, while MS breaks even with each 360 and Sony actually loses money with each PS3 sold. What so you think of this?
Last I heard, Microsoft still loses a bit with every 360, although not nearly as much as the PS3. Although companies losing money per console sold isn't all that new, as companies have been doing it for several generations now.
As far as the marketing, it's really that Nintendo has a larger audience to build off of. Games like GTA IV, Assassin's Creed, Halo III, etc. all fall to the Nintendo simply because that even if a game appeals to 100% of gamers, the Wii will still pick up countless non-gamers. Instead of just teens-and-college, the Wii gets soccer moms, grandmothers, grandfathers, mothers, fathers.
Although, I don't think it's a market that can last. Nintendo has a shrewd business strategy, but if you ask any gamer what system they think a gamer should buy,
none of them will suggest the Wii. Titles like Twilight Princess, Trauma Center, Metroid, and No More Heroes will be overwhelmed by the "1001 Fun Carnival Games!" and "Nintendo Puppies: Now with less social interaction!" Which, in turn, has sort of alienated gamers from the Wii, despite having several fantastic titles.
The reason is because the awesome titles are so inconsistent. For ever single excellent game, the player is pelted with countless bad ones. Especially because the console seems so gimmicky because developers can't seem to separate gimmick from mechanic while writing for the Wii.
So, Nintendo is making a lot of money out of the door, and a lot more for every release similar to Wii Fit. But every time you look at it from a gamer's perspective, Nintendo is letting gamers down.
Not because the Wii is just a paltry casual-gamers' console, but because while they're still making amazing first-party content (Metroid comes to mind), the third party hasn't figured out that the Wii is still a gaming console, not a messenger for PopCap. Until they figure that out, and start treating the Wii more like a console, then the Wii's market will be flooded with drivel.
Nintendo, use your brain here. Teach third party how to write for the Wii. Games like LostWind and World of Goo show that developers can do such amazing things with the gameplay. Why don't you slap the devs around until they start treating it as such? You're killing your home market, guys.
And you, third party developers. Don't be idiots. You're pretending all the Wii has is casual games. Stop it. Every flash game that's appealed to a hardcore gamer audience (Look around, they're everywhere!) has shown that the Wii can do some awesome stuff, regardless of the format. All PC games don't force the mouse on you, so not all Wii Games should force the Wii-Mote either. Use your head, and develop
fun games for the Wii.
