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Beamdog president says he's yet to receive a dime from MDK2 on WiiWare
"We haven't seen a dime. Maybe some day in the future it crosses that magic threshold and at some point Nintendo cuts us a check. ... How many developers have put stuff up to WiiWare that are sitting there at the 5,000 [or] 5,500 sales number and Nintendo is just sitting on the money. For some small developers that could be a big difference." - Trent Oster
Was Oster unaware of the sales threshold while preparing the game for WiiWare? Oster also says while the Wii install base is huge, the market for MDK2 wasn't anywhere near what was expected. On top of all that, struggles with the file size soured Oster's experience.
I am sorry that people put their time into this project to not see a single bit of cash come out of it. To play devil's advocate, it doesn't sound like Oster properly researched the reach and restrictions of WiiWare.
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Was Oster unaware of the sales threshold while preparing the game for WiiWare? Oster also says while the Wii install base is huge, the market for MDK2 wasn't anywhere near what was expected. On top of all that, struggles with the file size soured Oster's experience.
I am sorry that people put their time into this project to not see a single bit of cash come out of it. To play devil's advocate, it doesn't sound like Oster properly researched the reach and restrictions of WiiWare.
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