vanguardian1 on 31 March 2007
Why would GTA and FF appear on the Wii?
So you really think that Rockstar is going to ignore the Wii?
You think that Square-Enix won't allocate more resources to the console that's dominating their homeland?
If Nintendo hadn't slashed the technology, I could see more potential, but they've cut their own legs off when it comes to franchises like this.
What little Sony loses in terms of third parties, they recoup it. As to exclusives, we began to see them disappearing last generation. The cost of games and ease of porting (to 360) makes that a sensible business decision.
You wrote the reason yourself. Let the PS3 and 360 have almost identical libraries, while the Wii does it's own thing.
MySims has Crystal Chronicles written all over it
It also has the potential to be a massive multi-million seller to all 3 regions.
Looking at the Dec 02 TRSTS, I see 168 Gamecube games on the list (12 from Nintendo). Throw in what's going to be released next year and beyond that we already know about, and I'd assume the numbers get pretty similar.
Before E3'06 last year pretty much everybody had written off Nintendo in the home console wars. Between E3'06 and launch most were cautiously optimistic, at best. Now we have the Wii breaking record sales and still sold out at the end of March, going into 6 months after launch.
The PS3 is faltering bigtime in Japan, with no end in sight for now. North America isn't too far away from this either. Europe's 574k launch with plenty of stock scenario isn't exactly mind-blowing either.
The 360 is doing well in North America, so-so in Europe, and non-existant in Japan.
Guess who's doing fantastic in all 3 regions?
Nobody is crazy enough to accuse me of being sane.
