News Tagged: Debate

Monday 20th April, 2009 - 11:56 BST

Talking Point: Could The Conduit Be in for a Rough Ride at Retail?

Could The Conduit Be in for a Rough Ride at Retail?

Game designer predicts poor sales performance for high-profile FPS

With past ‘hardcore’ failures like No More Heroes, House of Dead: Overkill and (more recently) Madworld, the Wii is getting a reputation for being a casual gamers’ machine first and foremost.This certainly doesn’t bode well for Sega’s upcoming FPS title The Conduit. Developer High Voltage Software has gone to great lengths..

50 comments | In Wii, Debate, Retail, Hardcore, Talking Point, Features.

Monday 13th April, 2009 - 08:47 BST

News: id Chief: "Show Me Why I Should Develop For Wii"

id Chief: "Show Me Why I Should Develop For Wii"

Hollenshead isn't sure the Wii is a viable platform

Following on from last week’s worrying report that third party development on the Wii is a risky business, id Software head man Todd Hollenshead has added his own two cents to the debate.Speaking to Gamespot, Hollenshead had this to say: If you look at the data, the Wii is Nintendo—and then everybody else. And then among everybody else, it's..

30 comments | In Wii, Development, Debate.

Tuesday 24th March, 2009 - 16:28 GMT

News: Wanted producer unwilling to "get on his knees" for Nintendo

Wanted producer unwilling to "get on his knees" for Nintendo

Outspoken producer mounts swear-tastic attack on the Big N

Peter Wanat, Big Time Games producer and developer behind such titles as Scarface, Chronicles Of Riddick and the upcoming 360/PS3/PC game Wanted: Weapons Of Fate, pulled no punches against the state of third-party development on Nintendo's Wii console during an episode of Gametrailers.com's Invisible Walls segment.You can view the episode..

7 comments | In Wii, Videos, Debate, Drama.