CVG writes, "The DS will continue to do well - there's no doubt about that, but this is a crucial year for Wii."
"Will Nintendo's currently phenomenally popular Wii continue to dominate the market, or will its bubble burst as some predict, making way for PS3 to storm in?"
"We can't tell you the answer to that, but we can tell you what games we're looking forward to most on Nintendo's two platforms."
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
That's standard. Teams are together for a Project, after its done some..and sometimes most devs are fired until the next Project is in the works and people are needed again. Only the core members stay in the time between the hot phase of the game development.
What’s annoying is people don’t understand how contractors work, either. All of this is uninformed knee-jerk reactions without any understanding of how employment works in this industry. There are key developers and staff that stay with a studio/publisher, but often times it’s a hire per project and then seeking new employment for a project. That’s how it’s always been…
That's a fair point too. I would say that in light of its tepid critical/commercial response and ongoing mass layoffs across the industry I think it's understandable for fans to worry about the longer-term implications. We'll see how it plays out in the future.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In one sense, it feels strange to even think Pieces Interactive had big shoes to fill with this series' legacy. Given what's come before, did it really? And yet, even when considering the last two flops over a two-decade span, there's still something about Alone in the Dark emblazoned on a title screen that carries a sense of revered history. In that respect, perhaps this reboot's best accomplishment is in honoring that spirit through its inventive world. It's also fair to emphasize knocks against its survival-horror design, some puzzle-solving, and so on; it certainly won't be considered a trendsetter like the 1992 classic. Still, the amount of goodwill wedded to its brighter qualities makes for something that dawdles the line between unfortunately-flawed and impressively-enticing."
The new Alone in the Dark remake doesn't do anything especially noteworthy, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's just... cromulent.
Aside from No More Heroes and to a lesser extent Samba De Amigo, none of those games feel essential (Zack & Wiki is but it's a 2007 game).
I'm no fan of SSBB so there are only to 2008 Wii games for me... At least 2007 had 4 but hey, I also have a most UNTImost-anticipated game: Wii Fit.
Will wii win the next gen war? Who knows? And i find the statement "games sale consoles" kinda false, look at the wii, has no games but look at its sales
wii is a shame
The picture for this article basically sums up Nintendo for the past 20 years. When it comes to software, i dont think they know the meaning of the word 'fresh'
playstation 3 is garbage.. xbox 360 is good but just not good enough..;.... 08 is going to be a huge year for nintendo especially with the games.... im looking forward to more crying from fanboys all year long