Insomniac's Brian Hastings speaks out on the PS3

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Soulxxx said: Vanguradian1, Do you honeslty think 3rd party developers invest more resources on utilizing the Wii than the PS3's Cell?? Straight answer here.

No, they wouldn't have to. The Wii isn't calling for a monstrous level of programming requirements to make a game. :) And if things stay for the way they are, the Wii will have 2.5 times the install base of the PS3 again within a month (going from 3.25 to 2.2 thanks to the european launch), probably once again having 3x the install base before June.

A) A severe drop in monthly sales (consoles). If now it's like 300K-400K worldwide, I'm talking about 80K-100K worldwide.

That would be the quickest drop in hardware sales in the history of video gaming. With the current outlook, I'm willing to bet that sales won't start dropping even moderately before June, that's as far as I'm willing to stake my neck out for a "bet", trying to be a very conservative person. :)

B) Real lost of interest. People won't be speaking of it anymore (Read: Not as much as they are now)

It practically has to drop, the Wii's gotten more positive press in the last 5 months the PS3 or 360 could ever hope to achieve thanks to the wiimote and Wii Sports.

C) It'll lose alot of it's current 3rd party support. It'll also lose support from games made by 3rd parties... SRSLY, EA?? EA?! The guys who made BFME? They kept rambling all over how it's innovative and shit, I was so hyped I went and bought the game to find out that it was fun for the first 2 hours... yes. But after that? Now this is just me... I know there are some people playing it, but the hype for this game is GONE! Then they tried putting BFME2 it on the Xbox... I think I don't need to say anything about that. We all know how RTS games do on consoles, don't we? Now they're putting CnC3 on the 360. FUNNY. I think the Wii would actually do less damage to the game with the Wiimote.... but now that I really think of it... No they'd both suck real hard.

It'll lose a lot of 3rd party support? Odd. We've had more 3rd party support announced this year for the Wii than we have for the 360 and PS3 combined. :o We'll have to wait for Batallion Wars 2 to give a proper judging to the Wii's potential for strategy games. C&C3 was designed and running before Wii came out, so that's not exactly a reasonable comparison. ;) And yes, EA. 4 out of the 6 games they've released for Wii have turned out VERY well, some actually consider the "port games" SUPERIOR to their "HD" bretheren. Read people's input on Madden 07 and Godfather. I admit they flunked hard on NFS Carbon and apparently MOH:Vanguard. (noo! I flunked!) :( I don't have a clue to what BFME2 was, so I'll have to avoid an answer until that's clarified.

Another reason for you to reconsider your standpoint is Ubisoft's and Nival's HoMM5... remember it? I do. I was so hyped, I bought the game, played with the campaign for like 3 hours, and got freaking bored! That's ubisoft for you.

If HoMM5 = Heroes of Might and Magic 5, then I agree with you, it was a strong disappointment. :-/

So don't take 3rd partys' word for what they say.

Does that mean we can take the 3rd parties commentaries regarding the PS3 and 360 out of account as well? :) Seriously, I admit the Wii is the weakest so far this year with a quality "hardcore" lineup that the 360/PS3 are offering or are going to offer this year. Some great first party games and some gems from the 3rd party later this year are *probably* going to be it. Consider the other hand now. Several big titles named "Brain Training", "MySims", "DDR - The Hottest Party" and a new Guitar Hero for Wii, along with who-knows what else from Nintendo OR any 3rd party suprises, and suddenly the odds change, with the 360 and PS3 lacking the variety and quality for the less-than-hardcore crowd.