Insomniac's Brian Hastings speaks out on the PS3

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HappySqurriel said: and fails to realize that (in 18 months when the fad dies) every major third party publisher in the world will have focused all of their attention on the Wii because of its initial sales; essentially 75% of the best games will be completely exclusive to the Wii and the PS3 will seem like an overpriced console without any games.

The Wii's software library will largely consist of Nintendo's first and second party titles, and the third-party titles will mostly be quirky titles, party games, etc that are designed specifically to take advantage of the Wiimote. The Wii will never see "meaty" titles like Devil May Cry, Tekken, Final Fantasy, Assassin's Creed, Metal Gear, Lost Planet, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Armored Core, etc. The Wii appeals to most gamers as a secondary console. An "and" system, if you will. Most of them will have a PS3 and/or 360 "and" a Wii. The only people buying it at the exclusion of the other two consoles are parents buying it for their kids(the minority of gamers) and non-gamers who probably wouldn't have bought the other two anyway. Even so, third-parties are not just going to abandon the other two consoles and devote all of their energy to the Wii because: 1) It has substandard hardware 2) It lacks HD 3) Its online service and capabilities are considered to be by far the least impressive. This is probably the most important point taking into account how big online gaming will be this generation. I've no doubts that the Wii will be a successful system, but this craze will probably fizzle out sooner or later due to the fact that it won't have many "epic" games. As for the PS3, the only thing that's really hurting it right now is its price. All of the bad press is practically moot because most people don't go around the net reading every snippet of news article. Even with its super price, it has still managed to sell about the same number of units in the same amount of time as the 360(and would probably have more had it been available in Europe in November, although that's Sony's own fault), so all it really needs is to be at a price point that more people are willing to pay. That being said, a $100 price drop would work wonders because it put the handicapped PS3 at $400, which people don't seem to mind paying.