| Ail said: 2 comments : 1) Stop blaming solely third parties for their lack of Wii support, the blame lies as much with Nintendo with its failure to get its prime customers ( Third parties) excited about its products... 2) Stop assuming crazy sales if third parties were to massively support the Wii, It's unrealistic to expect the software market on the Wii would increase massively if more third parties were to support that console. Which means you would end up having a lot more product competing for a slice of a slightly bigger pie... 90% of the people on this site claim they have better ideas on how to run a development studio than the people currently doing this yet they fail basic maths and business practices 101...... |
For comment number one: wat?
Seriously dude, third-parties are not a console maker's prime customers, we consumers are. Nintendo's gotten the bulk of us, and the trend will (likely) continue in the future. If third-parties want to join the gravy train, they can (and it appears that more are...). But getting third-parties to develop for your system is merely a means to an end. (And yes, we're the "end.")
For comment number two: that's one hell of an assumption you're making there.
What is it about the Wii's market that makes it stale, exactly? The number of Wii owners has been increasing, far more than the HD twins combined, and software sales have reflected that. The meme originally was that third-party Wii software doesn't sell. Now, third-party Wii software already sells nearly the same as total 360 software (including first-party offerings like Halo and Gears), despite the fact that Nintendo still has the lion's share of the sales. What makes you think this trend won't continue as more Wii owners are added?
And, of course, (most of us) gamers go where the games are. How many times have you heard someone, on these very forums, say that they're interested in one or two Wii games, but not enough of them to buy the system? Don't you think that getting more and more great exclusives will tip them over the purchase point?
I'm not guaranteeing that it's going to happen, of course, but the scenario you're outlining of gamers staying put while the games migrate seems highly unrealistic to me.
