Activision have doubts about the Wii U's child friendliness.

[nando]

Going by miiverse posts, I'd say the majority of the wiiU users are a bunch of artists with too much free time.

that's the impression that I get, but I see it more as Unemployed Artists.

 

[Taleweaver]

that's the impression that I get, but I see it more as Unemployed Artists.

You know, I really hesitated to write exactly that. Or even make it in a pun like 'oh, wait...but an artist is unemployed by default'. But the thing is...they make such great artwork that I didn't want to rub it in. I've got more respect for artists than for guys in suits who delay games to somehow make it sell more (to name one).

 

[RodrigoDavy]

You know, I really hesitated to write exactly that. Or even make it in a pun like 'oh, wait...but an artist is unemployed by default'. But the thing is...they make such great artwork that I didn't want to rub it in. I've got more respect for artists than for guys in suits who delay games to somehow make it sell more (to name one).

You know game developers are artists

 

[Deleted_171835]

Candidate for worst USN thread title of the month award?

 

[RodrigoDavy]

Candidate for worst USN thread title of the month award?

It's still a prize!

 

[weavile001]

It's still a price!

price??
you mean prize,right?

 

[narutofan777]

there's isn't a lot of good games for it yet.

 

[chyyran]

It will be released before summer holidays.

Really? That's a rather short window between announcement (the 20th) and release..

 

[zanfire]

I think most stopped giving 2 shits what Bobby Kotick says a long time ago. People see him as the face of the greed in the game industry. Just google his name and take a look at the images...half of them are him looking evil or surrounded by money bags

 

[Fear Zoa]

So wait they're saying it isn't childish enough? In which case what the hell, that's the opposite of what everyone else is bitching about.

If they are however saying its too child friendly then it doesn't matter, its Nintendo and we've heard it all before, year after year, console after console.

 

[zanfire]

Really? That's a rather short window between announcement (the 20th) and release..

not a chance it will be out that soon. We won't even know half the details, including price, until E3 at the earliest.

 

[RchUncleSkeleton]

I don't get it. Do these companies not want their games released on Nintendo systems? It seems to me that shovelware companies always have something to say about Nintendo. I mean if they really feel there is not a big enough install base then they can always start developing android and iPhone games...

Btw: Bobby Kotick looks like a has been 70s child star.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Catch 22 for Wii U owners. Defend the Wii U against this statement and it's a "kiddy console". Agree with Activision and you're insulting the Wii U.

This is Sophie's choice in trolling.

 

[DSGamer64]

If he seriously thinks 6-11 year old kids actually WANT to play Skylanders, he has been rolling too many joints lately. Maybe if he walked into a store and saw how many kids were more interested in playing Call of Duty or an EA Sports game, he wouldn't be complaining. Here is a good thought though Kotick, why didn't you hold off on releasing Skylanders for the Wii U until there was a better install base? If you want a product to be profitable, you have to release it at a time when it's going to yield a reward that is worth what you are paying in development costs.

Also, I am sure Kotick bitches and complains about the number of mature Wii U players out there and the fact that Black Ops 2 sold rather poorly on the console because it was a lousy port with no superior graphics or features that made it worth buying over other platforms.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

If he seriously thinks 6-11 year old kids actually WANT to play Skylanders, he has been rolling too many joints lately. Maybe if he walked into a store and saw how many kids were more interested in playing Call of Duty or an EA Sports game, he wouldn't be complaining. Here is a good thought though Kotick, why didn't you hold off on releasing Skylanders for the Wii U until there was a better install base? If you want a product to be profitable, you have to release it at a time when it's going to yield a reward that is worth what you are paying in development costs.

Also, I am sure Kotick bitches and complains about the number of mature Wii U players out there and the fact that Black Ops 2 sold rather poorly on the console because it was a lousy port with no superior graphics or features that made it worth buying over other platforms.

Skylanders as a franchise passed $1 billion in profits not too long ago.

If you're going to make wild assumptions at least do some research to realize they're absolutely wrong.

Also for reference the CoD Wii games which were "lousy ports" with inferior graphics AND features still managed to sell over one million copies (at least 500,000+) which isn't bad considering how poorly "mature" software did on the system as well as it competing with 3 other versions of the game.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

This is Bobby Kotick guys. Nothing pleases him

If he seriously thinks 6-11 year old kids actually WANT to play Skylanders, he has been rolling too many joints lately. Maybe if he walked into a store and saw how many kids were more interested in playing Call of Duty or an EA Sports game, he wouldn't be complaining. Here is a good thought though Kotick, why didn't you hold off on releasing Skylanders for the Wii U until there was a better install base? If you want a product to be profitable, you have to release it at a time when it's going to yield a reward that is worth what you are paying in development costs.

Also, I am sure Kotick bitches and complains about the number of mature Wii U players out there and the fact that Black Ops 2 sold rather poorly on the console because it was a lousy port with no superior graphics or features that made it worth buying over other platforms.

Skylanders is extremely possible dude. It's not just kids playing it, adults even.

I don't get it. Do these companies not want their games released on Nintendo systems? It seems to me that shovelware companies always have something to say about Nintendo. I mean if they really feel there is not a big enough install base then they can always start developing android and iPhone games...

Btw: Bobby Kotick looks like a has been 70s child star.

I don't understand companies to be honest. There's 3 million users out there with not much to play. Make a great game, doesn't have to be Halo 4 or CoD quality in terms of costs to produce, and boom, you have a lot of sales.

 

[DSGamer64]

My point is that he is complaining about a console that hasn't even been on the market a full year, still has a high price point and doesn't have the install base to sell a game very well just yet. No one should be complaining about appeal or a game's sales when the game in question isn't exactly a system seller or a killer app for all age brackets, it's kind of limited in terms of it's appeal.