Industry
EA plays catch up
Holy smokes, the Wii is a profitable system to develop for. At least, that’s what EA is now claiming in the drive to become the number two Wii developer. Via Joystiq: Speaking during a financial results follow-up conference call, EA CEO Larry Probst discussed the publisher’s plans to increase support for Wii and DS. “Clearly Nintendo will always be number one on the Wii and Ninte...
Wii Channels and niches
Everyone talks about the potential of Wii Channels — what could come to be, what’s already here; how wild ideas will probably never see the light of day but sound really, really cool (Wii Cricket Channel, anyone?). The reason I ramble today is that IGN Wii has some slick mock-ups on their site today of pipe dream future Wii channels. Examples include the Wii Stock Channel, Sports Chann...
Nintendo’s Wii — the impulse buy
Today, having a product that is so good people cannot help themselves but buy it without thinking of their finances or well being became a bad thing. I’m talking about the term “impulse buy,” because today a Sony exec (see also: barking mad) said the Wii was an impulse buy. “Wii could be considered an impulse buy more than anything else,” said David Karraker, SCEAR...
Konami game surge imminent
Chris Kohler over at Game|Life talks Konami games on the Wii: “Should we prepare for the Konami flood on Wii? The word on the street, the latest rumor, is that the publisher will announce “a bunch of” games for Nintendo’s console this week. Given that their first title was Elebits, might we be looking at more new franchises? Or might they bring some of their hit properties ...
NY Times on Wii’s unexpected success
From the article: “Some of the video game industry’s smartest minds thought that couch potatoes wanted richer graphics and more challenging virtual worlds. It turns out that a lot of potatoes simply wanted to get off the couch… [But] is the Wii expanding the video game market, or is it stealing customers from Sony and Microsoft?” Read on for some excellent discussion on how...