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IGN says, "Developers 'Nervous' About Making Wii Games

Japanese newspaper claims developers are worried about Wii's future.

by Rob Burman, IGN UK

UK, October 11, 2007 - Despite Nintendo reporting it can't keep up with demand for its Wii console, a Japanese newspaper is claiming that developers are concerned its bubble is about to burst, with some actually nervous about making titles for the motion-sensing machine, in case they don't sell.

This comes from The Nikkei Business Daily, which has been speaking to software houses about their thoughts on the future of Wii. Several developers claim that Nintendo has been the only beneficiary of Wii's success as it was able to predict demand for the console, while other publishers were forced to catch up quickly producing titles - some of which ended up as flops.

Meanwhile, others think that the Wii is only a fad and its popularity will fade. One unnamed president of a developer told Nikkei: "The Wii is like the 'Billy's Boot Camp' weight-loss program on DVD. People bought it out of curiosity, and it's likely a lot of them haven't used it".

According to Nikkei, concern is also growing in the Japanese industry after sales of Wii slowed considerably to just 168,000 units - the worst month of sales since December 2006. Now companies are "on guard for signs of a major change"

As anyone can see who reads this blog, I'm in complete agreement with these findings. There are certainly glimmers of hope for the console like all of the first party Nintendo titles, No more Heroes from SUDA 51, and the announcement of Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii certainly is going to help the console even more in Japan. Although a DS version of Monster Hunter probably would have sold even better. I really thought the Wii showed hope in the beginning. There were a few interesting titles and certainly the hope for the future was great. But as the console evolved into an Alpha Mom device and began casting off it's hardcore fanbase. The quality of both the hardware and software progressively was called into question; this certainly seems to be the last nail in Nintendo's coffin. How will they proceed if developers don't take the Wii seriously?