Overlord dev - Wii Sports clones are not enough, gamers need games

“There are a lot of companies doing the same thing at the moment. Everyone’s in a hurry to make the next Wii Sports, because Wii Sports was so popular. As a short term solution, that’s all well and good. But you don’t do yourself any favours in the long term. Let’s say someone buys a Nintendo Wii; they buy Wii Fit, and go “this is fine, let’s buy this sports game,” and then go “this is shit, Wii’s shit” and the Wii’s back in the cupboard. …There has to be to be something else on Wii. There has to be games for gamers, there has to be games that make sense as games, and not just as a means to make money quickly.” - Dean Scott, Overlord dev

We have Wii Sports, and Wii Sports Resort is on the way. We don’t need Big Beach Sports, Deca Sports, and all of those other titles. Since when did the game industry become so incapable of coming up with fresh ideas?

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