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Smashchu on 22 July 2007
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Diomedes1976 said:
DoesWhatNintenDont said:

I do think it should be kept in mind:

It takes two to three YEARS to fully develop a game for the PS3. Many developers, much like the great fortune tellers ((read: analysts), all thought PS3 was a shoe in for first place thus holding the largest marketshare value.

So many of the games we are seeing being produced exclusively for the PS3 have been in production for quite some time. The companies aren't going to just toss away those -years- of work, simply due to the poor numbers on the PS3 account. They will push their product on PS3, and see how it fairs, with the most likely option of porting it to the 360, if PS3 numbers remain dead last, as to expand possible user base for their product.

The key issue is not what is in production, but rather, how many new things have been announced and have just started production? All of the financial news tells us that the vast majority of the third party developers are setting sail with the Wii.

 


It takes two to 3 years to fully develop a top level game for the PS3 ,thats true .And for the X360 .And for the PC even.Wii games with a lot of work will also need some 2 years of development ,just as Twilight Princess was 3 years in development .Other thing is the minigames and sub-par games we are seeing on the Wii right now ,ports from the PS2 ,PSP ,DS and Cube most of them.Or quick movie cash-ins  (also done in pS3 and 360 ) .Those it is easy to make them ,but are we really wishing that WINS the battle of the software of the future ?

The vast majority of the new games are being announced for the PS3 every day .Show me one new title announced these last months that wont have a PS3 version .At least they can port the PC-360 games with a moderate cost to the PS3 ,a thing the Wii cant do at all .


It's not the fact that new games are announcced, but how long, or when, they started development. Most games for the PS3 started production before the system ever launched. Few games are starting development after the PS3's launch. And a lot of PSA3 games are either multi platform or are being ported to the 360.