The tme is at hand when Wii will pass the current market leader and claim number 1 spot yet in comparison to it's 2 competitor's 3rd party support, in investment at least, it is still trailing. A logical reason for this is that Wii's unprecedented success has taken the development world by surprise and that the current superior HD lineup is just a result of green lights given to projects at a time when PS3 was seen as the inevitable victor, but maybe there's more.
Devs must have seen the motion-controlled writing on the wall for a while now yet the biggest games announced in the wake of Wii's success have been imo slightly dissapointing spin-offs to Soul Caliber and Resident Evil(if I remember correctly No More Heroes & FFCC were announced around launch). Why is it then that multiple big budget games have been announced for PS3/360 and not Wii?
My theory is that devs are effectively seeing the 2 HD consoles as 1. 10 mill may be an amazing milestone for Wii to hit in 9 months but it still falls about 4 short of 360 + PS3's total install base. Take into account also that dev's probably have a clearer idea of what sells on the traditional consoles and it may mean that for Wii to take centre stage in 3rd parties plans it has to dominate not 1 but both of it's competitors combined to truly succeed.
I think Wii is swimming against the tide and still has significant targets to hit before it can claim this gen as it's own. Whether it can outsell both consoles long term is a lot to ask but I think it is integral to N reclaiming the top spot in dev's affections.
Can Wii outsell not 1 but 2 of it's rivals combined? What do you guys think?
| Hus said: Grow up and stop trolling. |
