I’m probably going to be ridiculed for this but oh well.
Games released on WiiWare should also at some point be released on disc and sold in retail stores. Yes, it’s true, the main reason I think this is because I don’t like to pay for digitally distributed media. Although I know I’m not the only one with that mindset, most people aren’t bothered by that. However, I remember hearing a statistic that only about half of all Wii owners have it connected to the Internet. I don’t know if that statistic was or still is true, but if it is, that’s 25 million Wii owners worldwide who don’t have access to WiiWare games.
They could work well if offered as compilations and sold at the same price as every game combined. If all of the Strong Bad game episodes were being sold on disc for $50, I might be interested in that. Hudson could also release all of their WiiWare titles onto a single disc. I know that many WiiWare games are by different developers, but does that mean they couldn’t be compiled onto one disc by a publisher? Since the games are being sold as a compilation, they aren’t really competing with one another.
There are certain games which could probably be released as stand-alone titles at budget prices, even if they cost a little more than the download. I would pay $15 for Dr. Mario Online if it were available on disc. If they released Mega Man 9 on disc (including all downloadable content) for $20, I’d be all over that.
This does cause some problems I’m sure, though I don’t know what those all might be. One would probably be shelf space, which is already kind of cluttered by all of the regular retail-only games. And so I ask the lot of you, what do you think? Would it be feasible to release certain WiiWare games on disc?