fishamaphone on 25 March 2007
Shane said:
If developers are going with the proven horse, that's PS3. Strong launch or not. Developers didn't drop everything when Gamecube had a massive launch, nor were they bowled over when N64 was outselling PSX. Nintendo still has a long way to go to prove itself with the development community. Not that it can't be done, but a couple good months doesn't change the status quo. Microsoft has been getting some love lately, but that took a year headstart to pull off.
GameCube had a massive launch? Aligning launches, the GameCube was below PS2 at the 6-month point in the US. It was always below the Xbox in the US. I'm too lazy to look at the Japan/Euro sales right now, but using N. America as a standard, there's no way GameCube could have had a "massive" launch. It was a decent launch.
And your N64 comparisson is completely off-base. Back then, Nintendo was the status-quo, not Sony. By you logic, the N64 should have had continued development, regardless of the fact that the Playstation was outselling it.
Things aren't black and white. There are many factors that contribute to why a developer may or may not chose one console over another. Total sales are a big part of that, and projected total sales as well.
Or are you telling me that everything that's happened in the last four months would have still happened if the PS3 and Wii numbers were reversed?
