Kilrogg said:Ubisoft, EA, Activision.
So which one holds the Triforce of Wisdom?
THQ apparently of all people
Kilrogg said:Ubisoft, EA, Activision.
So which one holds the Triforce of Wisdom?
schuelma said:I want to re-iterate that I don't really see the huge deal here. Yes, its a really stupid name, but Activision alone is bringing its 2 biggest franchise to the Wii this year without any gimps at all (aside from the graphics obviously). If Wii owners have to suffer through Wee 1st but get quality versions of Guitar Hero and CoD every year, I fail to see the issue.
It has little to do with laziness. Do you not thing the similarity to the name Wii, used in hit titles like Wii Sports, Fit, Play.. and the upcoming Wii Music will not garner a significant amount of attention?BlackTyrano said:Yeah I don't see the big deal either, but the name is just laughable. How lazy do you have to be?
Sadist said:This reminds me: all three of the big ones (EA, Ubisoft and Activision) have a "casual" label now. Man, such creativity... :lol
Visualante said:It has little to do with laziness. Do you not thing the similarity to the name Wii, used in hit titles like Wii Sports, Fit, Play.. and the upcoming Wii Music will not garner a significant amount of attention?
:lol seriouslydk_ said:These are the best shit announcements for the Wii ever.
That was nuts lolSho_Nuff82 said:Shit just got real.
Frank the Great said:Kudos to Activision. This may not please the fanboys, but it was a smart business decision.
Ganondorf>Link said:Does this shit actually sell?
legend166 said:Say what you want about Malstrom's other articles (that they sucked, obviously), but he was spot on in that birdmen one. More proof right here.
schuelma said:I want to re-iterate that I don't really see the huge deal here. Yes, its a really stupid name, but Activision alone is bringing its 2 biggest franchise to the Wii this year without any gimps at all (aside from the graphics obviously). If Wii owners have to suffer through Wee 1st but get quality versions of Guitar Hero and CoD every year, I fail to see the issue.
schuelma said:I want to re-iterate that I don't really see the huge deal here. Yes, its a really stupid name, but Activision alone is bringing its 2 biggest franchise to the Wii this year without any gimps at all (aside from the graphics obviously). If Wii owners have to suffer through Wee 1st but get quality versions of Guitar Hero and CoD every year, I fail to see the issue.
Frencherman said:We will see that in sales numbers. In my oppinion this mini-game (casual) niche is already saturated, but nobody seems to care.
There are other niches on Wii which aren't coverd yet, but nobody seems to care also.
TwinIonEngines said:Ubisoft, however... doesn't seem to understand that no-one wants Babiez Party. Creating software with the intent of fulfilling the ideology of a purpose brand is foolish - you want to use the brand to communicate to consumers a connection between the products appropriate to that brand, products you would normally be making anyway.
Amir0x said:I don't know, seems people buy IMAGINE: BABIES all the time on DS. Seems they were right to attempt to capitalize on this market of games that people totally do want, counter to your point, because they are buying it. This game has been charting all year in Europe.
And isn't that what's important? Isn't that the lesson Wii has taught us? That it is sales that matter, quality be damned?
schuelma said:Exactly! And by Ubisoft's own admission their casual Wii efforts haven't sold shit
:lol :lol :lolLabelled Wee 1ST, the first titles released under the new brand will be Little League World Series 2008, Rapala Fishing Frenzy and Dancing with the Stars: Get Your Dance On...
Amir0x said:So far, but it would stand to reason that if they introduced one of their successful casual DS brands to another console (Wii!) with a similar blue ocean casual etc etc PR statement bullshit etc etc strategy that they are indeed following the intelligent business route of copying success where they've found it.
:lol :lolJocchan said:Travis, remember to Wee 1ST, and head... for the Garden... of Madness!
A gap in Wii's library that has been overlooked for far too long!Amir0x said:IMAGINE: PARTY BABYZ fills a gap that was missing, which is to say games based on babies (babyz, excuse me) who like parties.
TwinIonEngines said:The point I'm trying to make is that Ubisoft has been less successful on Wii because product strategy is following brand, rather than the other way around. Imagine: Babyz is a successful brand because it's attached to a product that does fulfill a consumer desire and does copy success - that of products like Nintendogs, Animal Crossing and Tamagotchi. I think that Ubisoft understands what DS owners want better than they understand what Wii owners want.
Now, on the Wii Ubisoft is also trying to copy success - the success of games like Wario Ware and Mario Party. But I think that the Babyz brand is wrong for this kind of product - the values of the brand are much more appropriate to the time-killing caretaking sim than to the social party game. I don't believe that it will do nearly as well as the DS game has done, continuing Ubisoft's pattern of low returns from Wii. If I end up being wrong I'll admit as much.
Sadist said:This reminds me: all three of the big ones (EA, Ubisoft and Activision) have a "casual" label now. Man, such creativity... :lol
stonedwal said:I take it this is the reason ATVI was down another 5% today. These underdeveloped "casual" games are flooding the market, and all of these publishers are going to get burned.
It's days like this that make me think I should put my degree to use and join the business side of the industry, rather than continuing to write. Give me the job of whoever is responsible for this, I'm sure I could do much better and I'll work for half the salary
Amir0x said:But why fault them for attempting to go to that market that was successful on DS, their closest comparable "blue ocean" market?
what about a ps3?Drinky Crow said:let your retarded nostalgia and company bias go. buy a 360. if you can't get past the blind weeaboo hate of an american console or micro$oft lol there's a dollar sign AHUAHUHUAHUA red ring hoo hurp durp i just shit my dickies, then BUY A PS2.
stonedwal said:I take it this is the reason ATVI was ONLY down another 5% today.
`huh? with all this yellow piss flowing in it I'm seeing greenDeath_Born said:It's Blue Ocean!
Blue Ocean I tell you!
No! No! BLUE OCEAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Smiles and Cries said:`huh? with all this yellow piss flowing in it I'm seeing green
Prolly a joke post, but I still have to voice my disagreement. I can guarantee that most of the people buying up all the Nintendo software know their way around a joystick. Publishers think they can't compete with Ninty for the core gamers but they're hardly trying.Drinky Crow said:where is the problem?
if you're a serious gamer -- as in you have a history with the hobby -- the WII IS NOT FOR YOU. these games are perfect for the audience nintendo is targeting: the NOT YOU audience. how many interviews with nintendo execs do you have to read before you realize that NINTENDO DID NOT MAKE THE WII FOR THE FOLKS WHO POST ON VIDEOGAME FORUMS?
let your retarded nostalgia and company bias go. buy a 360. if you can't get past the blind weeaboo hate of an american console or micro$oft lol there's a dollar sign AHUAHUHUAHUA red ring hoo hurp durp i just shit my dickies, then BUY A PS2.
it is fine to ask in your twee nasal voice BUBUBU WHY CAN'T IT BE FOR ME but please do not shed the thick tears of the bloodhound gang's eponymous stripper when nintendo, ubisoft, ea, and activision run a train on your ass after throwing you a wario shake style bone, hoping that you'll bend over fast enough to keep the engine chugging. this is a cruel hobby. try to keep up.