Dear JRPG Developers; You’ve made your bed, now lie in it. (HONEST article)

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Aiemond said:

Indeed. It is a good comedy piece. Why would publishers put their games on the ps3 when the dev costs are just as high as 360 ones and they can get similar sales on the amrket leader, wii. We have no evidence that it cannot shift software in japan, in fact it sells tons of software there. A cheap spinoff tales game there sold quite well and the only ps3 rpg we can really compare it to is a super hyped WKC. I think once all these wii rpgs that have been listed are released, they will compare well to ps3 rpgs of similar quality.

 

Wii will be the rpg king by the end of the gen and be leader at the start of the next. Iwata won't be an idiot and lose the marketshare like Nintendo did in the 64 era.

 

Allegedly the costs are higher on the ps3. While art assets are on the same level of complexity in both platforms, the tech budget is apparently higher: complex platform, lack of support compared to, etc etc.

But that's besides the point.

The wii offers truly last gen budgets: art assets and tech development shouldn't be more expensive than it was for ps2 games. They'll probably need some extra man-hours to develop proper controls but that's it. As you mention, the Tales spinoff sold 80k more than Vesperia - it's quite the telling fact.