| JouninGarret said: Sporticus,so,do you think the Wii will start getting main entries of famous 3rd party franchises?....I mean,so far,all we see is they are going to PS3/360 while the Wii gets spin-offs....or do you think they´ll continue on the HD consoles while the Wii gets "its own big titles"? |
You're right to be skeptical at this early juncture. However, bear in mind that all these main series titles the PS3 is getting now were ascertained well before the Wii or PS3 were released. Many developers assumed the PS3 would be a runaway success and the Wii would be little more than a mediocre novelty. Obviously that's not what happened though and many developers are now admitting they've made an error in not being ready for the Wii's stellar success and many have even pledged near exclusive support of it in upcomming main series titles. The PS3 is for the most part only getting the third party titles it is now because many developers leapt before they looked. Incidentally the 360 is only getting as many ported third party titles it is now because developers who jumped on the PS3 bandwagon early have realized their mistake and need to port their games onto the only other system that can handle them in order to break even. I know this paints a very biased and negative view of the 360 and PS3, but this is in a nutshell how the drama for developers is playing out. Obviously there are exceptions to these scenarios (for example MGS4 and FFXIII would have always been PS3 most likely), but this is the most common trend we're seeing.
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