BaB Presents: Where'd Wii go Wrong

[Renwood]

Shovelware doesn't impede good games from being developed. The amount of truly great games is consistent across the big three. A handful. You can pick apart that handful based on your own preferences, but more generally, it is accepted that there are a couple gems a year that the majority of people recognize as such.

After that, it's just gradients of shit. The more popular you are, the more shit you attract, because the more likely that, given your popularity and market presence, anything will sell in some amount. Maybe enough to justify production of bland, unexciting tripe. Licensed shit is the worst of the worst, and that infects all platforms. The Wii is easier to develop quick and dirty riff-raff for. Its got more consoles in peoples' homes. It is marketed better to kids and to parents that will be less discerning in taste.

But truly good games will get made and will sell regardless of what system you talk about. Depending on how prude you want to be with your selectiveness, you can find around five or six games a year that will be exceptional.