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ItsaMii on 25 August 2008
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RolStoppable said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
The thing is that everyone says it was the carts because Square said outright that the cost of the carts was too much for them, so they left, and the rest of the developers followed.

So we say it was the reason developers left, because the developers said that was why they left. We didn't just pull this one out of our asses. We had empirical proof for it.

Being that Square was about to make cinematic games with lots of FMVs, this is a reasonable explanation, at least for them. But it's not really like the rest of the developers followed, because they were making games for the Playstation already long before Square did.

I am also not so sure about this empirical proof thing. For example numerous 3rd party developers have said that the Wii is about as powerful as the Xbox, does this mean that it is true? Or is it more like 3rd parties say what suits them the best at any moment? They seem to change their opinions and "facts" pretty fast, if the market goes into a different direction than the one they have been originally planning for.

Are you saying that 3rd parties tell lies to justify their actions and don`t mind looking like fools when they have to do exactly what they said they would not? That is preposterous.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/15/sega-wii-hype-may-soon-wear-off/

http://kotaku.com/5037329/sega-says-wii-opportunity-for-hardcore-calls-shovelware-crap

 



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