OriGin on 28 March 2007
hanafuda said:
Double Snip.
Heh, the name calling is in jest, I enjoy these kinds of conversations, and I don't REALLY mean any of those things... that's why I used the funny words like 'ANUS' it's a Southpark thing... sorry :P But yeah don't take it serious, I'm just a try hard comedic :P
No doubt the cost of development of big games can be huge... I don't expect Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, SSBB and others to be cheap games, infact I suspect Nintendo will pay a lot more for the development of these games, for SURE.
All i'm saying is at a base level the Wii is a cheaper platform to develop for. Technical wise the number of different things that need to be programmed into a PS3 game, the things that make the graphics and physics so much better all require a lot more effort, in the end it turns out a less impressive product on Wii, but the cost is derivative of the final product.
Unfortunately Red Steel was quite expensive because Ubi went all out with development for that game, I think Red Steel 2 will be much better because it doesn't have console launch day as a problem for it.
Developing a game can cost ANYTHING for ANY console, but at the base level Wii is cheapest because it's a simpler architecture and promotes simpler games... it's a double edged sword really... but devs love that shit cause they can spend less, make an arsier game, release it on Wii and cover some profit. Sucks to be a Wii owner really.........
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