Grampy on 19 May 2008
| Squilliam said: I did a comparison of New IP's non 1st party on both HD consoles (Mainly the Xbox360) and the Wii. HD consoles - $160,000,000 revenue at the shops Wii - $40,000,000 revenue. Thats an average of the top 10 new IP non 1st party games on either system. Thats as apples to apples and the most relevant I could make the comparison. Until I can see otherwise im going to have to assume that a completely new IP will struggle on the Wii in comparison to a 360/PS3 multiplatform. Until then, its either ports of established properties or Nintendo 1st party games. |
There are a few things that perhaps need to be mentioned. First, you are factoring in super blockbuster like Halo 3 and GTA IV, and COD4, and I will readily admit that the Wii does not have anything in the way of such huge 3rd party games. OK. My argument was against the mantra I hear over and over that NO 3rd party games can succeed on the Wii not that there is a GTA IV on the Wii -yet.Also your raw revenue numbers do not take into account the difference in development cost which can be as low as 25% on the Wii compared to PS360 development. This makes it particularly attractive to smaller, and often more innovative publishers that simply don’t have the budget to go HD. As economic conditions worsen, this reduced development cost may become a larger player.
