[Gerucht] Wii moet laagdrempelig blijven volgens developers

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Games voor de Wii moeten laagdrempelig worden gemaakt. Dat is tenminste wat een user van de website 4chan zegt die claimt te werken aan een redelijk groot project voor de Wii. Of het bericht klopt valt dus te betwijfelen, maar het is niet heel ver gezocht. Lees het bericht en oordeel zelf.

“So I started working in the games industry recently on a fairly major project for the Wii. I’ve sat through a couple big reviews, where the studio’s executives sit down and play through the latest additions to the game and voice their feedback. Let me tell you that, as a newcomer to the games industry and a Nintendo fanboy, I was unprepared for what I heard.

The people that matter in this fairly large studio (and their publisher, marketing staff, etc.) think that the Wii is a kiddy console and are forcing us to tone down our game to make it more casual. While I can’t go into details, we are making a skill-based game that has a lot of potential, but the execs keep telling us to strip out core gameplay elements in order to make it more friendly for the casual player. We can’t have difficulty settings to be raised or lowered, gritty stories, or complicated puzzles, just a fun casual game that can be picked up and put down at will. THANKS GUYS, I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A Sh!77y CASUAL GAME.

Also, they talk in f*(%ing review numbers. I think reviewers will give this about a 85 right now, but if you change this, we might bump it up a couple of points. What the f^%k, guys.”

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