...or lack thereof.
You may have noticed that reports of release dates for the Wiiware and the Virtual console games have been... sketchy at best.
Here's the full article on that from Wiiware world:
http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/05/wiiware_publishers_lament_release_date_shambles
This should explain why Ranch's release date has been repeatedly reported and postponed til next week.
You may have noticed that reports of release dates for the Wiiware and the Virtual console games have been... sketchy at best.
Here's the full article on that from Wiiware world:
http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/05/wiiware_publishers_lament_release_date_shambles
When WiiWare was first announced Nintendo proclaimed that it would revolutionize the way we buy our videogames. This was more than mere hyperbole; digital distribution undoubtedly allows smaller developers and publishers to get their product to consumers with the minimum of expense. However, it would appear that the process of getting games onto people’s machines is running a lot less smoothly than Nintendo might have you believe.
We’ve spoken to one WiiWare developer (who understandably wishes to remain anonymous) and they have a slightly less positive tale to tell about the way Nintendo handles WiiWare titles. It seems that getting solid release dates is near impossible, and in some cases Nintendo is not even informing the developer until the game is actually available for download. Our contact currently has a highly anticipated game awaiting release, but he commented that he was “completely in the dark” about when it would actually make an appearance on the digital shop shelf that is the Wii Shop channel.
This disappointing practice isn’t just confined to WiiWare distribution, though; in relation to the Virtual Console service, we spoke to yet another publisher who was also clueless about when their games would be made available to the public, largely because Nintendo refuse to inform them of what games will be appearing, and on what date.
This should explain why Ranch's release date has been repeatedly reported and postponed til next week.