| bigjon said: So this is what I have been wondering, would we be on the verge of a gaming crash if not for the Wii and DS? It would not be like the 80's.... but It would see many developers go under, and the weakening of the gaming industry as a whole. ALL of the growth we are seeing is Wii and DS related, and many companies even now are able to operate because of highly profitbale casual type games they did put on the Wii(Carnival games, MySims, Lego Star Wars, etc). I think in the future they will put better game on the Wii and they will sell well, not as well as on the HD consoles, but more of them will sell (not just a select few) and they will be more profitable due to the MUCH lower dev cost and the familiarity with it (Similar to the Cube) Well that is just what I think : ). |
Wait, how do you think its going be better games on the Wii now that publishers will more focus on it. If anything, you are going to see a flood of more casual focused games on the Wii then you did before. Low costing to produce games that will sell to mass consumer to the Wii. Third parties will not be going after the small core base but the massive casual base that the Wii has developed.
And less money will be going to fund any new IPs on the HD consoles. Only games that will definately sell on the HD consoles will be greenlighted, and it will be mostly sequels. And if those sequels don't sell, they will be axed like Need for Speed franchise. It will be up to Sony and Microsoft to keep its consoles going. But Microsoft is not going to be able to buy enough exclusives forever and Sony can't bankroll three different territories of game development. They are already suffering in Japan cause of this and has had lukewarm reception to most of thier IPs, especially this year.
Yep, the ball game has changed, but for the better, I don't think so...
I'm just saying...
