SEGA: Its not game over for Mature Wii Titles

[Dazkarieh]

Procrastinato said:

arsenal009 said:

moondeep said:
Why are some people talking about HD and Wii games as if they're light-years apart? Sure, the Wii is MUCH cheaper to develop on, but the types of games available on all 3 systems are pretty much the same. It's not like we're comparing an 8-bit Combat on the Atari 2600 to the NES at its prime with Super Mario Bros 3. Those consoles were technically 1 generation apart (even though the Atari released in 1977 I think), but the games on the NES were light-years ahead of what the 2600 could ever hope to achieve. People are saying that the Wii games are graphically one generation behind the HD consoles, but the gameplay and types of games available are very similar. Except for the HD graphics, the consoles offer 'roughly' the same type of experience, but with motion control on the Wii. I don't see the big differentiator being fancy graphics.

Everyone is talking about the big difference in graphics not because it changes the experience but because it greatly changes the costs to develop a game.  A few developers have already stated that if they make the same game on Wii & HD consoles, it costs about 3 times more to develop it on the HD consoles due to the graphics.

Links.  From actual devs please, not CEOs claiming low dev costs on average, which includes shovelware.

Ohhh noezzzz... again??

OK... the most expansive game last gen costed 30M to make. Stranglehold costed 30M as well.

What do you want more? Why not think a little bit?