Smashchu2 said:
Why would one game for an area of the world where home consoles are struggling overall effect the big picture at all that much? Well, wasn't that the whole point of the post? The idea is it is support to make the system a haven for JRPGs and then move up from there. Many people have mentioned that the Japanese have already began supporting the Wii, but it is this game that will let it all tumble into the Wii. The thing is the Wii should be the PS2. It should attract the most talented 3rd party developers. It does make sence to retool for a different platform halfway through when they have established their tools, systems and franchises.The reason is becuase Nintendop does not need 3rd parties, they need them. The industry and the drones have all beleive the 3rd parties as the controlling factor, yet everytime they are wrong. But.....they continue to think this way. Too many developers are going under or struggling. They continue to beleive this model is true and ignore the Wii. The reason why I have made the mention of this so often is becuase this is what the industry needs to do. They have to put their money where there mouth is. The games fail becuase they don't make them top priority. If they tried to make a game like Nintendo did, then they might succeed.
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There are only two significant JRPG series in the west on home consoles. One is Final Fantasy and that is already appearing on the Xbox 360 and PS3 and the other is Kingdom Hearts, status unknown. Dragon Quest isn't big enough to effect anything outside of Japan. Inside Japan the Wii has things wrapped up already so its not like DQX is going to effect much change when that change has already happened.
Remember the N64/GC? Yes third parties are important. Third party publishers understand the industry a lot better than you do, remember it is their day job. If a third party doesn't advertise a game on the Wii, its not because they want it to fail, its not because they forgot about it, its because to do so either would be ineffective or would not help their achieve their goals for a game.
The third party publishers aren't ignoring the Wii, you probably don't count their efforts as support. You probably only consider "support" to be games that you personally enjoy or are interested in. In any case if they aren't all rushing to prostrate themselves before Nintendo to offer 3rd party support its because they believe there is good reason not to. They have access to far more marketing data than you so its possible that they know whats best for themselves better than you?
Tease.
