Topic: The Conduit

[Kenology]

There are rumors that Nintendo is going to publish this themselves. I really hope not, the Wii needs more third-party support and this game's not third party anymore if Nintendo publishes it.

I was thinking the same thing.  I'm sure HVS will put the game in the hands of a competent 3rd party publisher who will do the game justice with an even more competent marketing campaign - print ads, TV spots, etc. with none of that airport layover foolishness that Nintendo tried with MP3:C.  Although in the end, I wouldn't care either way so long as the game is awesome (which I'm confident it will be), but it is a better look if this performs well under the banner of a 3rd party publisher.

[NWR_insanolord]

Yeah, if the game is as good as they claim it will be I don't care who publishes it, I'd just prefer that it be one of the examples of great third party games on the Wii instead of just another great Nintendo game.

[walkingdead2]

the game does look good.  i just hope that it plays good.

[Kairon]

Yeah, if the game is as good as they claim it will be I don't care who publishes it, I'd just prefer that it be one of the examples of great third party games on the Wii instead of just another great Nintendo game.

That would require third party PUBLISHERS stepping up to the plate now...

Though personally I would hope that THQ publishes it. Or maybe Eidos might bite?

[Smoke39]

In the interview Maxi posted, they said that a lot of publishers have come to them regarding the game.  Seem to me that they're in pretty good shape as far as getting the game published goes.

[Urkel]

The issue isn't if this game will get published. It will. The issue is will it get published by a competent publisher.

Thus far third parties have been almost completely inept at marketing Wii games. Most third party games have no serious attempt at advertising and/or are ridiculously undershipped. And that's if the game doesn't suck in the first place.

My biggest worry at this point is if Ubisoft publishes it. Hey, they don't mind publishing upmarket games on the Wii, they just don't like making them. They know they can make an easy 100k in sales without having to spend a dime on advertising, but they can't be arsed to put any effort into making sure it sells beyond that.

That's why I hope Nintendo picks it up, like rumored. Yeah, it wont help things as far as the perception that only Nintendo published games sell, but it will at least have a real shot at being a million seller.

[Smoke39]

I didn't say the issue was if the game will get published.  What I was getting at was if they've got a bunch of publishers coming to them you'd think they'd have a good chance of getting the support of a competent one.

[animecyberrat]

So who would be the best non-Nintendo publisher?


Naturally I am gonna vote for Sega because, 1 I love them so much and need more Sega games, 2, they at least seam to take the Wii seriously and 3, this is the kind of game they need to help out their lacking catalog.


Other then Sega I would go for any of the following

EA
THQ
Eidos
Midway(although I doubt they will take it seriously)
Activison (probably the best choice but not my favorite)


I can't think of anyone else who might do the game some justice.

[Dirk Temporo]

Wow. You just listed every single publisher that I DON'T want getting their hands on this.

[animecyberrat]

why not?


All of these publishers have the money to market it properly and aside from Midway actually take the Wii a little more seriously than most others.

[ShyGuy]

What about...

Atari
Atlus
Sierra ?

[animecyberrat]

companies who don't have money?

[Flames_of_chaos]

What about...

Atari
Atlus
Sierra ?

Atari and Atlus no and Sierra is apart of activision since Vivendi owns Activision and Sierra.

[ShyGuy]

Okay, replace Sierra with Majesco.

[NWR_insanolord]

Kairon would just about explode if this promising new Wii game were to be published by Majesco if you get what I'm saying.

[animecyberrat]

What about D3, Codemasters, or Namco-Bandai?

[Kairon]

Actually, yeah, Sega's been getting more publisher-like... they might do a good job with it. I also prefer THQ myself.

D3 Publisher is new but their backing of Dark Sector shows that they've got the money to advertise.

Atlus has the passion, but they don't have the money or expertise to market beyond their niche base.

Kairon would just about explode if this promising new Wii game were to be published by Majesco if you get what I'm saying.

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[Dirk Temporo]

What about Capcom?

[NWR_insanolord]

Actually I think Sega's not a bad choice, as long as High Voltage keeps creative control. Sega would advertise and they're big enough to not skimp on it and they seem to like Nintendo platforms.

[ShyGuy]

Insanolord has a good argument, I think Sega may be the best choice.

[animecyberrat]

Wonder what the Sega Fanboys think of that idea?

[animecyberrat]

wow, the I asked over at the Sega Forums what people would think if Sega published this game, it was unanimous they all think it is going to suck so they wouldn't buy it even then. Stupid fanboys.

[Kairon]

wow, the I asked over at the Sega Forums what people would think if Sega published this game, it was unanimous they all think it is going to suck so they wouldn't buy it even then. Stupid fanboys.

This is why they lost. <angry face>

[animecyberrat]

 

[animecyberrat]

well I was wrong, turns out the biggest complaint so far is Sega already has enough "mediocre" games on Wii to worry about they don't need to take on this project. I disagree this is something that could shine if they got their hands on it. Especially cuz they actually market their games pretty well and seam to care more about Wii than most other companies. But I have started quit a ruckus on the sega forums so Imma keep it going and see if anyone there takes notice.