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mike_intellivision on 05 February 2009
Groucho said:

 

  SMG at $16-17M is above that $15M line, and its a quality game -- as I've been saying all along, it has nothing to do with the platform, and everything to do with investment.  As a general rule, and I don't know how many times I have to state it, Wii games are cheap because they suck.  And, conversely, as a general rule, Wii games suck, because they are cheap.  Wii games that don't suck, are, outside of being really rare and almost all 1st party, almost universally as pricey as HD games to make. 

 

SMG and GTA IV have the highest average critic scores this generation.

Groucho says SMG cost $16M-$17M

It is accepted that GTA IV cost $100M

http://www.google.com/search?q=gta+iv+development+costs&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

So development for the highest end games are 6x on the PS3/Xbox 360 than for the Wii.

And SMG would be below a variety of big name games, from FF7 to Killzone.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=325745

Finally, I agree that cheaply made games are generally bad.  But price -- nor cost -- do not always reflect quality.

 

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disolitude on 05 February 2009
bardicverse said:
^^^^ You forgot the /Emo at the end of your post, disolitude ;P A little over the top much? Cause I'm sure that every Wii game looks like ass and has no online.....

Seriously, I expect more from you than such a blind teenage fanboyish lashout like that.

 

My post wasn't directed towards nintendo but the blind fanboys that keep screaming "HD gaming is runing the industry".

In gaming jsut like everywhere else, usualy you get what you pay for. Plus it eventually comes down to good developers spending money and bad developers spending money...reguardless of the console.

I mean, Gears of War cost 10 million to make...worth every penny in my opinion especially considering Red Steel on the Wii cost 12 mil...



RedHarvest on 05 February 2009

So why aren't Wii games 1/4 of the price?



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Cheebee on 05 February 2009

God, people let it go already. Wii is cheaper to develop for. D'OH!
Why is this thread still raging? :s



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Groucho on 05 February 2009
Cheebee said:
God, people let it go already. Wii is cheaper to develop for. D'OH!
Why is this thread still raging? :s

 

Because there's nothing interesting to discuss in that statement you just made.  Its meaningless outside of the context of profit.



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Pristine20 on 05 February 2009

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.



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Khuutra on 05 February 2009
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.



Groucho on 05 February 2009
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.

 



Viper1 on 05 February 2009

It's no secret that Wii Fit has a $40 million marketing budget. By far the largest ever by Nintendo. This budget is ballooned because it has market potential year round well post launch. If it were just a launch budget campaign, it would have been far smaller. 1 month versus 12 or more.

Besides, I don't think anyone claimed the marketing costs were 1/4 on Wii. Granted they usually are smaller campaigns because marketing typically scales with the development budget. Big development, big marketing. Little development, little marketing (right Capcom? Okami says hello. Market the game, dumbasses and it might sell a few copies).



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Khuutra on 05 February 2009
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.

I tend to agree, especially concerning marketing.