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reask on 08 March 2009
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RolStoppable said:
reask said:

Why does it not get Multiplats that PS360 gets?

I admit it does get a few like quantum and waw, but overall most multiplats stay with P360.

You would imagine with a install base equivilant to PS360 combined developers would be falling over themselves to get there games on Wii.

So is it not capable of running these games or do developers not want to develop for it as they know they will get the sales on the other 2.

Or is the market not there on the Wii.

1) The Wii isn't capable of running the games in the form they are on the HD consoles, it would require its own version. Another problem is that Nintendo consoles have been an afterthought for third parties since more than a decade. The Gamecube got a lot of bad PS2 ports despite being technologically more advanced. Simply put, the teams working on games for Nintendo consoles are usually the worst those developers have.

2) Some developers/publishers in fact don't want to make Wii games. The question is if they can continue with this attitude as a lot of them are losing money.

3) The market is definitely there, it's just not as concentrated as on the HD consoles. You could compare it with last generation, FPS sold really well on the Xbox, despite a much smaller userbase than the PS2. This generation's Xbox would be the 360 and the PS3 (for the record, the topselling FPS on the PS3 has surpassed the topselling FPS on the PS2), while the PS2 would be resembled by the Wii. So while FPS and the other typical genres of the HD consoles wouldn't sell as many units on the Wii as on the 360 and the PS3, they can still surpass a million units sold quite easily, provided the game is good of course.

 

Yes but imo Nintendo have a golden oppurtunity to tap in to the market they are currently ignoring.

Graphics are not the be all and end all and lets face it Wii is more than capable of producing PS2 graphics which are OK imo.

We have some games going to Wii but not enough and I feel Nintendo need to be more agressive in pusuing these developers.

It would be a shame to let such a golden oppurtunity slip away for the sake of laziness.