Nightmare Mode reports on the terrible conditions under which titles on the WiiWare platform are expected to sell.
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The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
Wow. That's an awful, awful business model for the little guys. Can't change the price point? Can't update unless there's a critical bug?
Lame.
Is Nintendo deliberately trying to make them shy away from making WiiWare?
Considering Nintendo's approach to digital distribution in general, it doesn't surprise me they're trying to screw over indie devs. They don't seem to care as long as everyone still buys the new Zelda or Mario game.
"developer must sell X number of copies in a two year span first. This means that some developers can release titles on the platform and have to wait more than a year to actually see any profits–even if their title is selling. If it’s not selling, developers can’t really do anything It’s entirely possible to not hit a threshold and not see any payment despite all the work a developer may have put into the title and despite some sales."
This is the same for their non-Wiiware titles as well, which is why Nintendo and 3rd parties clash
I remember a looooong time ago on N4G when Wiiware was introduced and it was stated that this would be the xbla killer.
Lol, oh how funny life really is.
I bought my Wii after a few months it came out for one primary reason, Wiiware. Of course, after owning the Wii, Wiiware games are often not worth the price.
Now I play my Wii 0.1% of the time as the other 99.9% is playing on my PS3 and X360.