Wii DVD?
Hey there -- sorry if this has been addressed before, but I skimmed through the existing forum posts and didn't see anything, so...
...is there any word on whether or not a Wii DVD will be released for the game (as they have for Sam & Max)? I know that they've been released as five individual episodes via WiiWare, but I'd love to have a single disc I could pop in to play this thing.
...is there any word on whether or not a Wii DVD will be released for the game (as they have for Sam & Max)? I know that they've been released as five individual episodes via WiiWare, but I'd love to have a single disc I could pop in to play this thing.
Sign in to comment in this discussion.
Comments
Well, XBLA didn't have retail versions of XBLA games for a while, then released some mini-compilations, so I don't necessarily think that Nintendo would prohibit a disc compilation of WiiWare titles.
It would perform better i'd imagine with the 40mb limit that Wiiware imposes lifted
I'd imagine some people either don't have access to WiiWare, or are just uncomfortable with the concept of downloadable games, and enjoy having the physical copy.
Not to mention that if they were to do a disc version, they could probably squeeze in a little bit of optimization to make it run better than the WiiWare versions, if they felt it would benefit sales to do so.
I think many people (myself included) would just stop purchasing on Wiiware if the games are going to be released on discs. So that would be a potential money loss over there, not to mention making discs costs a lot and most people who would be interested probably got it on wiiware already.
Don't get me wrong, I'd probably buy ToMI on Wii if such a disc was released, but that's only because I didn't buy a Wiiware one. And I'd be very, very cautious about buying things on wiiware after that.
It's been happening with DVDs as long as I can remember. Upon opening my theatrical release DVD of LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring, I remember being greeted by a coupon that said "Thanks for buying this, but you should also buy the way better in every possible way Extended Edition that will come out in a few months".
If later they're all "we changed ours minds, you CAN buy the actual stuff, we just forced you to buy the virtual one in the meantime", well that would annoy me.
And apart from that I'm just not sure if it makes sense for them to release the same game twice when it probably wasn't their best seller to begin with.
I guess if LucasArts could convince Nintendo to allow a retail release as well, we could see it?
Maybe Atari publish Sam & Max for TTG? I dunno. Either way if LucasArts wanted it enough it could happen. But I doubt Ninty would want it, because as far as I'm aware ToMI is one of the best selling WiiWare titles, of which Ninty profit handsomely. And those sales will go straight down the pan if everyone realises they can get it on disc instead - not to mention special offers or discounts - something WiiWare titles are immune to!
No, I doubt there'll ever be a Wii disc for TMI. But anything can happen. Maybe if Nintendo's WiiWare service kicks the bucket (will never happen).