Are companies being short-sited about the Wii?

[noname2200]

Pristine20 said:

noname2200 said:

mike_intellivision said:

I will say this, though: it seems like quite a few Japanese companies are breaking out of this mold. Sega's the biggest of these, but Japan as a whole is daring to tread the path blazed by the Little White Box That Could. For their sakes, I actually hope they take the time to grow the userbase with Bridge Games and the like before going all-in with the fully-traditional stuff, but I wish them the best of luck either way.

does JP really have a choice? all other home consoles already have their obituaries written in the Japanese papers.

Granted, but as this thread points out, there's still the option for Japanese developers to just pick up stakes and go after the West instead. That's exactly what they did at the start of this generation, although the level of commitment they have to that strategy has been decreasing with time. Why would being the market leader in one region (the smallest one, no less) be enough to dissuade them from that?

Further, some of the Japanese developers are increasing the number of Western-oriented Wii games; The No More Heroes sequel, Mad World, Fatal Frame (which has always sold best outside of Japan)...I'll admit the examples aren't as abundant as they could be, but they do still exist. So why make Western games if Japan is what you're primarily interested in? Alternatively, if the West is your biggest concern and you don't feel that the Wii is viable out here, why would you develop games exclusively for it?