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RetroActive #22 Poll: WiiWare Edition

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Hey Einstein!:

--- Quote from: ejamer on April 05, 2012, 07:35:10 AM ---
I'm still amazed that people would intentionally avoid good, cheap games that are easily available on a platform they already own simply because they prefer to stay ignorant as some sort of statement, instead making the modicum of effort to sort good from bad. (There are reviews out there and at least one website dedicated to covering all of the content released via WiiWare. There also isn't exactly a ton of content to sift through to find the gems.)


But hey, it's a free world and there is more than enough gaming to go around. Spend your dollars however you want.

--- End quote ---


Speaking purely for myself - I would never deliberately avoid good, cheap games that are easily available on a platform I already own.


But your closing sentence high lights the problem for me with Wiiware: I have too many platforms offering me good, cheap, easily available games: ios, eshop, steam, onlive, sen, chrome and of course wiiware.
It's a new strain of Lindemann syndrome: Most of the people I know aged under 40 have a computer, an ipod touch or ipad, a smart phone and at least 1 console or hand held. Most of the guys have 2 consoles, one for Wii Bowling & one for Modern Warfare. You can always find a bargain game for something.


My point is that most of these other platforms - despite being host to lots of rubbish - are much better at getting my money than Wiiware has been. They are better at direct marketing and their special offers get more coverage online (not that Nintendo do special offers for downloadable games).


Other platforms do a much better job of generating hype then has been managed for Wiiware games.
Also I find it fascinating that even on a Nintendo fan sight Wiiware has such a bad name that it makes people like me grown and people like Ejamer get defensive.


To summarize: my gaming time and disposable cash is long gone before I browse for Wiiware titles and recommendations. Despite my prioritizing Nintendo game experiences.


I'm really looking forward to hearing the RFN guys discuss this one. It's made for an interesting debate already and this is just the poll!

ejamer:
Great point.  I strongly agree that the pricing policy (no sales or price drops) combined with limited hype and marketing make the platform less attractive when gamers are choosing where to spend their limited resources.


There are a handful of titles that I would buy if they went on sale. But when dozens of great retail Wii games are available for $10-20, I just can't justify spending full price ($8-15) on non-transferable digital content years after the original release.


Good games? Yes.  Good value? Meh... sometimes yes, sometimes not so much.

Crimm:
We don't discuss WiiWare much on the show. This is a true statement that we cannot offer a counter-opinion to. However, there hasn't exactly been a bevy of things to talk about as of late.

Could I go back to doing the downloads on the show? Sure, but the rest of the cast would kill themselves.

I'm not sure how much hay I can get from Penguin Patrol.

"Waddle We Do?! Baby penguins have been stranded on thin ice by the evil (but oddly stylish) Walrus, and it's up to the Penguin Patrol to rescue them!"


I played that game when it was called Thin Ice on the Intellivision.

NWR_insanolord:
But isn't your whole presence on the show basically just there to torture the rest of the cast? I think subjecting them to you talking about the downloads would be a pretty good way to do that.

Crimm:
If it gets cut out there isn't really a net gain.

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