3rd Party Sales in Japan (360, Wii, PS3) - Top 10

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OriGin said: 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.........

I'm not offended Like I said, I totally appreciate where you are coming from on this, and pretty much agree. It just bugs me that so many people just reel off, 'Yeah, but it is cheaper to develp for the Wii.', at every opportunity they get, when that point is highly debatable. You are the first person I have come across that has actually been willling to back up that point with some good information.