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Wii MotionPlus Took Developers By Surprise

gameinformer.com — We asked several third-party Wii developers about the Wii MotionPlus, and the general feeling was one of annoyance and betrayal. None of them said they had any advance notice about the peripheral, and we were told that they were as surprised as everyone else when Nintendo revealed its existence on stage. That lack of prior notice means that. . .

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  • skywake, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2"That lack of prior notice means that, aside from Nintendo’s own roster of games, users won’t likely see any support for the device for at least six to nine months."

    .... just about when this thing comes out surprisingly
    oh noes, we won't see games for it until its out... what will we do?
    :o
    • NaziHatinChimp, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1No *****. What a bunch of *****. How many times a day is information leaked about some game or whatever.
  • mattomondo, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2Nintendo always keeps their new features secret so that their first-party games can steal all the thunder by using them first (they even did this with online play). And then they wonder why they can't maintain strong relationships with third-party developers.
  • Wiinii, on 07/26/2008, -3/+1Since Nintendo basically fooled everyone into thinking the Wiimote was 1:1 from the getgo, shouldn't they be selling the MotionPlu$ at cost?

    The Plus must be referring to the extra cost of it. Now I need a Wiimote + a nunchuck + this thingy, that's a lot of +'s! We need more ='s from Nintendo...

    What's funny as hell is that Billy Berghammer (also of GameInformer magazine) predicted the Wii would have problems with 3rd-party devs over 2 years ago, and it was buried as inaccurate:
    http://digg.com/gaming_news/Will_Wii_Be_Disappoint ...
    Billy Berghammer was the founder of PlanetGameCube.com before going to work for GI. Great article too.
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