Wii game budgets 1/4 of HD budgets according to EA

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Groucho said:

Khuutra said:

Pristine20 said:
And marketing costs nothing. People like to think that games like wii fit were as cheap as it gets but I see adverts for it on TV all the time. I think wii fit has cost nintendo more than Killzone 2 will cost sony but it's a secret guys.

...Considering that the Wii Fit is on its way to making something like 2 billion in revenue, I think that it gets a pass on that front. I'm sure it's profitable. I cannot imagine how it might not be.

Exactly my point.  If publishers invest in the Wii, rather than skimping (as EA clearly does from these statements), look what happens.

 

Spending more money on development doesn't necessarily translate into better games, and a lot of what EA has done on the Wii has been appropriate investment levels on development for the risk associated with the title. Where EA has failed with several of these titles (Boom Blox comes to mind) is supporting the title with an appropriate level of marketing to ensure that people who would be interested in the title know it exists.