Silent Hill 5 Chief Doesn't Want his Game on a Kiddie Console
“While Nintendo Wii sales are very high, and I applaud Nintendo for their success, I don’t think Silent Hill is a game that would sell as much on the Wii worldwide when compared to a game like Zelda. This by no means says that we will not consider the idea, but the general opinion is that Wii is for family games…and I’m sure the fans don’t play Silent Hill with their grandma.” - Masashi Tsuboyama, Chief designer, Konami*
It amazes me that in spite of all the mature games that are on the way to the Wii people in the industry will continue to leave their head firmly embedded up their ass. But whatever. I don't care anymore. The smart companies will bring their games to the Wii and make tons of money while the dumb ones will miss out - at least until the shareholders ask why the company has not moved to the cash cow that is the Wii.
In spite of what ignoramuses like Masashi think, the Wii is more than a family console. Sure, it's designed so that families can get into gaming easier, but that does not prevent the non-family games from being successful. By the end of this year this fact will be more than proven and Masashi will have to eat his words.
And another thing - Zelda is not a family game. WTF is this guy thinking?
*Original quote was in French and was translated by another website
