 | DEAD SPACE, ELECTRONIC ARTS, WII, NEWS, REGGIE FILS-AIME 2009: The Year of the Wii |
Okay, okay. So 2007 was the Year of the Wii. 2008? Pretty much the same story. Now 2009's come around, and it looks like the Wii gets yet another year of shocks and surprises... starting with Dead Space, a "hardcore" game if there ever was one, being brought to the console.
That's not all. According to EA's John Riccitiello, Dead Space Wii "is absolutely going to be the quality of fear factor of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions." No half-hearted porting effort here. Electronic Arts has allowed the Wii's popularity to get away from them for two years, and now they want in on the profits.
Our prediction: M-rated titles like Mad World, Cursed Mountain, and Dead Space will be the mark we remember in the turning point for third-party support on the Wii. Reggie Fils-Aime said recently that game developers didn't "get" the Wii, and that they won't "get it" until they start making their best content available for it. The day is now at hand.
Will the push for these games end in triumph or in failure? That remains to be seen. But as long as companies are experimenting, we wouldn't mind a version of Bioshock for the Wii.
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