bardicverse on 06 October 2008
| scottie said: Meh, its a debate that crops up every now and again, whether the Wii will outsell both the other two combined And it is also of importance for the reason you said - games for the hd console have to be significantly downgraded to play on the Wii, just as Wii games have to be significantly downgraded to play with the HD consoles controllers. So in a sense a developer has a choice of making a game for PS360 or for Wii |
So would it be fair then to say that while there is a gap where the Wii outsells the HD systems combined, that it is more lucrative to bypass HD versions of development? I'd imagine due to substantial lower development costs, a larger potential customer base, and having to only pay licensing fees to one console maker that the overhead for Wii development is substantially lower. It would seem that a game needn't reach such a large audience to be profitable, and if it does reach strong sales numbers, then it is all raw profit that can well cover development costs for a future product. At least, that's what I'd take home from my understand of these charts and others provided.
