| psrock said: If it's so clear cut, why do they still support the HD consoles more after more than 2 years? I'm guessing it doesn't take long either to make great games for the wii, so we should expect a DS like support this year into next year. |
Not all HD console games are bad investments even though they may be quite expensive to develop ...
Realistically, EA (and other major publishers) are probably going to be much more selective of the kinds of games they are producing for HD consoles. A result of this will be that HD console games will likely be much higher quality on average due to the elimination of smaller projects from less reliable developers, sell more copies because of the lower competition, and have far less variety because HD games are too expensive to take large risks on.
Ultimately, the end result will be a restructuring of the industry that will potentially last a long time ... In the comming generation the decision to make a more graphically modest will (probably) not relate to the platform it is being released on, but will (instead) be focused on keeping the budget at an appropriate level for what the potential sales of the game can justify.
