Procrastinato said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
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The 3rd parties haven't yet figured out how to invest and create a decent Wii title, from the ground up. Nintendo's "stanglehold" on their own console results from their legendary IPs being so ingrained into modern culture, that they practically define what the "blue ocean gamer" likes, in and of themselves.
I see it as basically impossible for 3rd parties to cook up new IPs that will be hugely successful on the Wii, at this point, relative to new IPs on the HDs. Mario has been Mario for decades -- Mario IS the Blue Ocean, and nothing can, or will, compare to or uproot that, without the same time investment. The available avenues are basically things that have also been ingrained into our culture as fun livingroom/family room activities -- fitness is a prime example. Or billiards, table tennis, etc.
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Are you saying that 3rd party developers have trouble succeeding on the Wii because of Nintendo's first party games?
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Not at all. I'm saying that 3rd party games lack the blue ocean "punch" that Nintendo's culturally ingrained IPs have.
In any case, there will always be some "mature" games on the Wii, due to the fact that nature, and investment, abhors (or appreciate, from the investor pov) a vacuum. The amount of turf to conquer on the Wii is lower, however, so once that market vacuum condition is removed, the investors go right back to the HDs.
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Third Parties are struggling on the Wii because thus far none have put a serious effort on it. Tales of Graces and Monster Hunter 3 will be the first serious third party efforts put on the Wii. Everything else up until now has either been ports or third-second tier games.
