"The Wii MotionPlus is going to be good. If I had to pick one thing we suffered from, it was imprecise control on the Wii. That meant certain genres were never going to perform as well on the Wii." The MotionPlus, according to Riccitiello, is "an opportunity for third parties to be more successful."
The new peripheral, along with Nintendo's now-famously "weak" E3 lineup, means that this is a good year for companies like EA to put out Wii software. "Frankly, if you look at Nintendo, it's obvious there is a chance for third-party success. They didn't show a lot of content from Nintendo's first-party group. They got a lot of that out last year. So third-party games will likely do better."
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7-22-2008 @ 9:09PM
Ianiscool said...
how many posts have they used that picture for ? lol.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:01AM
Shaq-Fu said...
Do you have a better one?
7-22-2008 @ 10:03PM
Max Headroom said...
Well, this is better news than what we've been hearing. In fact, if other third parties start thinking along the same lines ("Nintendo's line-up is weak, so let's put our stuff on Wii."), then we might end up having a great line-up for late 2008/2009 as third parties bring their best (hopefully!) stuff to the system. Here's hoping.
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7-22-2008 @ 10:13PM
YAGGERMR said...
Have you seen college football 09 the controls are not the biggest problem the graphics are horrible nice ps2 first gen game look and feel. EA makes horrible games for the wii that hasn't changed so far.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:01AM
Shaq-Fu said...
Paging Madden 09, Tiger Woods 09, and Boom Blox to the front desk.
Paging Madden 09, Tiger Woods 09, and Boom Blox to the front desk
7-22-2008 @ 10:53PM
PlasticZombie said...
"Frankly, if you look at Nintendo, it's obvious there is a chance for third-party success. They didn't show a lot of content from Nintendo's first-party group. They got a lot of that out last year. So third-party games will likely do better."
Once again this moron is completely off the spot. Just like most of the rest of the video game industry he goes by the logical fallacy that 3rd party Wii games don't sell well because of Nintendo. Because, of course, it's so easy to blame Nintendo for your garbage games not selling.
Translation of quote above:
"Wahhh! Waaaaaah! It's not fair, our games have to compete with Nintendo's! It's got to be Nintendo's fault, because this certainly has nothing to do with the horrible quality of our games!"
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7-23-2008 @ 1:00AM
Shaq-Fu said...
Heres an idea. Try making games that aren't in the same genre as Nintendo's (sports, for example), or target the "hardcore" gamer. Or just slap Will Wright's name on it, then even people who don't own Wiis will buy it
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7-23-2008 @ 1:22AM
Abscissa said...
"If I had to pick one thing we suffered from, it was imprecise control on the Wii. That meant certain genres were never going to perform as well on the Wii."
So, what, he's never heard of the Classic Controller or GC controller? If something doesn't work as well with wiimote + nunchuck, the developers don't have to use it. Sheesh.
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7-23-2008 @ 7:58AM
8-bit.artist said...
the conduit is going to prove just how well a 3rd party game can sell on the wii.
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