DSIWARE & WIIWARE: SPECIAL FOCUS Sponsored by: YOU WARE IT WELL YEN HAU
Product Manager, Rising Star Games
What inspired Rising Star to back to DSiWare with the GO Series? The DSiWare service is a great way for gamers to download some really good games at a lower cost. Players can get all these new titles straight through their DSi.
It opens up the download services
– like those of the 360 and PS3 formats – to a far bigger and often more casual audience. I think that given the ease of developing for this service and the convenience of the mechanic, DSiWare has great potential to expand. We decided to support this service with the GO Seriesbecause we see the potential in the market, as well as the plethora of games developed in Japan that we think Western gamers will enjoy. With support in Europe growing, now is an ideal time to take the initiative and get these games over here. The GO Seriesreally is our way of offering a different way to experience good Japanese games.
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KEN PATTERSON President,
BigJohn Games
Why did you choose to put your recent title Thorium Wars out with Nintendo? We see it as a great opportunity for many reasons. First there is creative freedom. Nintendo allows developers a greater latitude in creating games, and approves concepts as long as the game follows its technical guidelines. This means developers can pursue interesting ideas and not worry too much about an out-of-the-box concept being rejected. Nintendo has been much more active in supporting indie studios than Microsoft or Sony.
What do you think of WiiWare and DSiWare as a service, and what could Nintendo do better? They are really great services and we are glad to be a part of them. In my opinion Nintendo could do a little better job of getting the word out that their consoles are connected [and] I think Nintendo should advertise that fact a little more.
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Given the ease of developing for DSiWare, the service has great potential to expand.
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ROB SAUNDERS Senior PR Manager, Nintendo UK
How do you feel Nintendo’s digital strategy has fared so far? WiiWare has been up and running for just over two years now in the UK, and we’re continually pleased and surprised by consumer reaction and the hugely different types and styles of software released on both services. To date, over 200 titles have been released on WiiWare and DSiWare, and this number grows every week as publishers continue to support both platforms with fantastic titles. Sonic The Hedgehog 4has just launched on WiiWare, and we hope that this and similar high profile releases will attract more people to download games from the service.
Do you have a breakdown of what proportion of Wii and DSi users take their systems online? Currently around 30 per cent of Wii and DS users take their console online – a figure that we’re very pleased with, but we continually aim to improve on this with the addition of new titles and features. A lot of Wii and DS users are totally new to gaming and are often new to the concept of downloading games, so we have a real job to attract these users to both services.
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