EA CEO: We should have bet on the Wii

[Pristine20]

kirby007 said:

Pristine20 said:

lenardo1 said:
the wii - will reach 50% Marketshare- maybe 60% but that imo is the most it'll go.

that said you have a new ip you want to market to, do you

1- go HD multiconsole with the expense increase?

2- go wii with exclusive rights, ~1/3rd less cost and an equal number of consoles avail.

that is the question you need to ask, which console would be a "safer" bet.

as we can see from the sales of ALL video games, the more effort you put in, the better your chance of it being a success...

personally if i was taking that bet i'd do a great wii game...lower cost, about the same % of gamers on each system, and you have that "exclusivity" mystique to help....

 

 Depends on the type of game. So with a game like Street Fighter 4, you'll go wii exclusive even with 60% market share?

yeah in theory you should

 

But in practicality? Do you think the wii can generate more profit than a PS3/360/PC combo for a game that doesn't even utilize motion controls?

When you watch the wii adverts, you see people "swinging their arms" to control the game. Any game that doesn't fit this ideal won't sit well with the "masses" who made their purchase based on the wii's mass appeal due to the above. It would sell mostly to the nindendocore who are arguably less than the PS360 core. The profit doesn't look that great anymore.