PS360 owners to shift to the Wii?

[Magera]

CAL4M1TY said:
I'm going to say no.

The difference between the wii and PS2 is that the PS2 was riding the success of the PS1, which gave birth to many franchises that naturally carried over to the PS2 (MGS, GT, Tekken, Crash bandicoot in it's hay day, Spyro, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil etc).

The Gamecube provided very little of that (3rd party wise) for the Wii, so whilst the PS3 and 360 are getting belted by the Wii, Developers assumed that Sony and Microsoft would ride the wave of their successes last gen (obviously sony more than MS) into the HD era, so most franchises we all know and love would have landed on either or both of the HD consoles.

The problem for the Wii now is that these third party devs have spent so much money developing engines to work on these HD consoles, that creating new ones for the Wii (remember, the wii ain't an Xbox, not as easy to zap power out of as we've seen so far) would be a "waste of money".

But then again, I would bank on the Wii to be the one to get the most new franchises by the end of the generation (whether they are a critical/commercial successof not) because of that aswell.

Also, when was monster hunter a "top notch" game?

A decent hack and slash title perhaps, but that's as far as I'd go (wouldn't think anybody would even put it anywhere near SMG).

That's one thing I've hated about the Wii fans (not saying OP is one), is that they've elevated average 3rd party franchises into AAA titles just because they are making it exclusively for the Wii (They assume that exclusivity means that they will try, I guess). Example: TENCHU.

 

 Great point.  I agree with this 100%.

And the rest of your post is good too.  with the lack of developement of game engines on the Wii, many 3rd parties will still create PS360 games for the simple reason that they've already got the engine to do so.

The question is however, Will enough 3rd parties create enough great 'top notch' games over the coming years on the Wii to warrent a purchase of the Wii ontop of a 360 or PS3?  I believe yes.  And I also believe it's worth buying even now, without these top notch 3rd party titles.  Heck, in all honesty, this Wii motion+ addon that's coming out will be a huge factor in gaming for me.  (although many people I'm sure will refuse to even try it - AND many people may just not like the experience).