Will good holiday 2013 sales from the Wii U help bring 3rd party games to the system next year?

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NightDragon83 said:

zorg1000 said:

NightDragon83 said:

MohammadBadir said:

bananaking21 said:
they will get less and less i think. most publishers wont bother downgrading their games (visually, physics) and trying to port the game to the WiiU. the PS4/X1/PC market seems like it will be the place to go to for third parties this gen.

Yes because the PS2 was more powerful than the Xbox

 it didn't have to rely on a handful of old franchises in order to sell.

Grand Theft Auto, Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Tekken, Metal Gear, Tony Hawk, Medal of Honor, Crash Bandicoot, Madden, Need For Speed. Correct me if im wrong but did any of those series start 1-3 generations before PS2 was released?

A good chunk of those franchises had started just the previous gen (GTA, GT, Tekken, Tony Hawk, MoH, Crash, NFS) and were hitting their stride during the PS2's lifecycle as opposed to 15-20 years earlier like all of the franchises Nintendo routinely relies on to sell their hardware every generation with the exception of Pokemon, and even that franchise is now more than 15 years old. 

Of course you left out all the PS2-era exclusive franchises like Kingdom Hearts, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, Devil May Cry, God of War etc, that further expanded the system's library and gave gamers even more options.

I edited my post to better say what I meant, if u look at the top 20 selling games only 2 new ips were made for PS2, Kingdom Hearts and Guitar Hero. It doesnt matter if it was 5 years or 20 years, the fact of the matter is by the time PS2 released all those series had anywhere from 3-10 entries which makes them old series.

U also failed to point out that Nintendo releases a fair amount of new ips every single generation and also lets many of its popular series take breaks for multiple gens.

Im not trying to downplay PS2, its an amazing system but it relied on old franchises just as much as Nintendo consoles do.