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c0rd on 14 October 2008
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Paul_Warren said:


"The RPG genre in general seems to have declined but that's because many of them are on the wrong console if they're looking to get sales."

It is a double-edged sword. The Wii might be where they can get the most sales (at least at the moment). However, the Wii is also certainly not where they can be the best games that they can be at this point in time technologically. And don't bring up the argument that the Gamecube was technologically superior to the PS2, because the Gamecube also lacked the very thing that long cinematic jrpgs needed the most at the time...a dvd drive (which has been upgraded to a blu-ray drive in this console era) and even in games like Skies of Arcadia, the sound of the Gamecube version was not at the same level of quality as the Dreamcast original.

Wow, this argument comes up every time. All this talk about what system a game will be "best" on...

I'll tell you which system a game is best suited for: the one that it will sell the most on. That's all that matters. If that isn't the case, why do the Japanese even bother with consoles? Why not the PC, where the technological capabilities are much higher? You bring up the Gamecube, yet conveiniently omitted the Xbox, which was far more advanced than the PS2. Besides, the HD consoles are the ones with "last-gen" controls, so calling the Wii technologically inferior is a stretch.

The fact is, devs are trying to push technology that is not yet affordable. The (financial) reason they do this is to set themselves apart from all the other smaller devs - the ones that don't have as much money. It creates a barrier to entry that is favorable to the ones who can afford to make games with massive budgets. Unfortunately for them, costs have risen too much to sustain this advantage, and the DS and the Wii have hastened the process. They'll need to come up with original ideas (like Guitar Hero) if they want to survive.

The reason Kojima will complain about the situation is because he is a graphics whore, and wants his games to look as nice as possible. Unfortunately, due to the higher costs of games nowadays, managing that this gen will not be an easy task. He needs to learn to settle for games that don't cost so damn much.