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Software ChannelOver six million people have Wiis right now, beautifully (or not) snuggled beside a TV or nesteled into a home theatre system. But not every one of them visits N-Philes. Or IGN. Or even Nintendo.com. Their only idea of what games are available for the Wii involves checking a flyer or walking into a store. The casual and fringe gamers aren't going to dedicate time to learn about upcoming games the way that harder core audiences do, so Nintendo sould make it easy for them and bring that information to them. A Software Channel could easily let Wii owners the world over check out what exciting new games they could be playing. Adding DS releases to the newsletter may stimulate more DS sales (or wind of such a channel might convince a few handheld gamers to pick up a Wii), while adding detailed information of Virtual Console releases could stimulate a few downloads.
Some day in the near future, someone checking out this channel will say to themselves, "Planet Puzzle League is coming out next week? What is that?" With a couple of clicks, he or she can read about that and any upcoming or released game, watch gameplay movies and trailers, download a demo to the Wii or DS, and even rate the game once it's been played.
Linking this service with Nintendo's Master Game List (assuming they update it some day) could provide gamers with descriptions of new and upcoming games, screenshots, trailers, and yes even demos. Instead of having dedicated DS Demo, Wii Demo, and Game Trailer Channels, throw them together in an all-encompassing, functional channel. Such a channel could be a great asset for everyone, and including a user rating system could dissuade many parents from going out and buying bad games for their loved ones. All bad games could use less sales.
