Christoph Hartmann, the head of 2K Games, admits that he and his team did not develop many games for Wii. Hartmann claims that 2K Games is very careful and selective with which games it brings to a certain platform – Wii U included. 2K Games’ Carnival Games for Wii was, according to Hartmann, probably one of the best titles for the six-year-old console.
So would you say that 2K is taking a more cautious approach to the new console? It seems to be the opposite of Ubisoft, who are very gung-ho about the Wii U launch. How does it fit for 2K?
“It is not different from what we have always done. We are very careful and very selective here. When you look at the Wii, we didn’t do many titles, but we put out Carnival Games, which did very well. It was probably one of the best titles. While you can’t plan for it all the time, we don’t throw 10 things against the wall and assume that two stick. I throw two at the wall and hope two stick, perhaps one. We have a very different approach, which has a lot to do with the size of the organization and the mindset of the organization. We always focus on one thing, and we are a very different organization than a lot of the other publishers out there.”
I have no response to that.
Read more than the title. In context it’s clear he meant one of the best [selling] games. He’s not wrong, either. It currently sits comfortably at 26th best-selling Wii game.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=&publisher=&platform=Wii&genre=&minSales=1&results=200
Still doesn’t mean that Carnival Games is the “best Wii title” that is the same league as Super Mario Galaxy, Donkey Kong, The legend of Zelda: Skyward, Xenoblade, etc.
It just sold well since people who brought was too stupid and didn’t know any better.
Nobody ever said it was. The first to imply as much was the irresponsible author of this post. Like I said, read beyond the sensationalistic headline and you might learn something new. At the very least you’ll be able to contribute a worthwhile and relevant comment.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAFIRST, ALSO FUCKING NO
awe…. :(
I think it was one of the best selling games on the Wii. so I can’t really argue with that.
Sales≠quality, look at Wii Play.
As long as it sells, they really don’t care.
Uh yes it does the more something the better it is.
That like saying bread isn’t good but sells shit load because it the best food you can get and live with.
Bread is a staple food of a large portion of the Western world, of course it is going to sell, the majority of people need it. Bread is like the cell phones of the food world. Carnival Games and Wii Play are more like cigarettes, they sell a lot and make loads of money for the producer but do nothing but bad for the consumer in the long run.
Alright, now that is bollocks. Carnival Games, really?
lol what? not even in the party game genre, Mario Party and Wii Party are way better than this crap, even the Rabbid games were funnier
read the article, not just the title
this just in, carnival games the first game to break the scale, earning 101/100. fans of other popular titles such as xenoblade chronicles, the legend of zelda: skyward sword, and super mario galaxy, are left in awe for the finest game for the nintendo wii. everyone bows down to their master race of 2K games, and everyone sells their souls to buy a copy of carnival games.
We Obey 2K. Resistance is Futile.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (I think I just wet myself from laughter xD)
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For reactions like these you should just leave it blank and let your avatar do the talking haha.
Precisely this.
A simple ”<–'' would be enough
It seems to me like he meant that Carnival Games was one of their best titles for Wii. He obviously isn’t dense enough to believe that Carnival games is better than the plethora of awesome Wii games out there.
Oh great. I fear Wii U will mostly receive casual games from 2K. Please let the Wii U BioShock Infinite rumor be true.
It’s real, 2K have until August 2013 to redeem themselves.
How do you know? The BioShock Infinite article earlier didn’t exactly provide 100% solid evidence. Unless you have a better source, of course.
Someone just lost all credibility.
I didn’t like this game, although it took advantage of the motion control well.
i think what he meant to say, was the best game that sucked on the wii.
No 2K, it was actually a really shit game.
Jist to make it painfully clear, these are the people that brought us Bioshock, and The Darkness everyone
And Borderlands
Hahahahahaha! Wait your serious? Let me laugh even harder! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I am Bender, please insert girder.
Bite my glorious golden ass. (hipster Dragon)
Define “best”….because if he doesnt mean in terms of sales, this guy is smoking some serious crack… If he brought 2K’s games to theWiiU, they’d be the “best”. His business idea is pretty stupid too. “look at all these games i can give you that’ll sell! Hmmm….i just gona give you one” i mean wtf, put ALL your games on the WiiU, its what people want for christ sake
i loved the game man, don’t know why it wasn’t g.o.t.y.
lol…I never even heard of this game before :D
Well thats weird.
carnival sold well. But many (casual) customers are angry about the title. Carnival is crap…
…I sincerely hope that he is joking
Uh-huh…
Reblogged this on SSCNews.
pffft
MAUHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAH dafuq hell no gtfo with this casual crap gimme new bioshock or something but no gay rippoff games.
Your typical Wii quality.
That’s entirely subjective.
Worst metacritic review averages of any platform this generation is entirely “subejctive” indeed.
subjective*
Metacritic? The ones that give Sonic Adventure 2 for the Dreamcast 89 percent but Sonic 3 and Knuckles like 60 something? Yeah they’re totally full of people who know what they’re talking about
Are you fucking stupid? Metacritic COMBINES all known major reviews from sites as one single average.
Typical Nintendo fanboy idiocy.
As I said before reviews don’t determine game quality.
Keep dreaming Christoph Hartmann Carnival Games was nothing more than a crappy shovel ware game.
If anything you should be ashamed since your crappy shovel ware stole the spot light from the good Wii games.
Well the way I read it, it sounded more like the guy from 2K was saying that it was one of the best games THEY put out for the Wii…not one of the best Wii games ever lol! That would be rediculous!
2k games must be stupid as fuck then. that shit is not even close in the category of subpar wii games so how the fuck is it one of the best. it’s in the category of belongs in the trash.
People like you just yesterday were exclaiming things like “Finally, someone who knows what they’re talking about!” when the article “2K Games: “Nintendo Is Such An Impressive Company”” appeared. Again, I implore the readers of this website to read the source material, or at the VERY least the summary paragraph these bloggers usually type up.
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Too bad Carnival Games is now a damaged brand on Nintendo Systems after being port to the 360/ios, much like the Goldeneye Reloaded game.