Dispelling the myth: Third-parties, big profits, and the Wii

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Legend11 said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Legend11 said:

FishyJoe said:

People laughed at me when I orginally posted this story, but Tantalus is the most successful and financially stable game developer in Australia.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/articles/local-hero/2008/05/20/1211182806932.html

And for the record, I'm not making any claims that all developers will be so successful. I'm just providing contrast to Majesco.

 

Nice except the company hasn't even released a Wii title yet (which is what this thread is about...).

It's strange that with all the rebuttles presented to you in this topic, you cherrypicked the only one that you could reply with any kind of talking point. Care to comment on anything else, or you just gonna leave it at that?

What is there really to comment on?  A company making games like Psychonauts that starts making budgetware crap and is being held up as a success story by some people?  Had they instead had that one million seller on the 360 or PS3 they would be posting a profit right now (likely a very significant one).   They are far more careful on the projects they pick, who's to say that kind of thinking wouldn't have lead to the same success on those consoles?

 

So simply being "more careful" would eliminate the risk of producing a game that flopped and crushes the company, even though it almost happened with Psychonauts which would cost (at most) 1/4 the cost of a HD game?