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Dno said:

but when you expect a game to sell 5-6 million you dont put it on the wii. this is what the source said also So this proves that most of the that companies dont need the wii as much as people think they do because if thats the case then a lot of companies would be dead but most are doing fine. now i think a lot of companies see the wiis install base and goes lets try to milk it  but so far lots of HD only companies are doing fine.




And what were the HD only companies? This is what i've been arguing with you. I can't name a single "one platform" publisher, they all make their money with multiple platforms.
Look, we can remove any platform and say the publishers doesn't need it, because there are other platforms to profit with, all they have to do is change the model they work with. If the publishers would change to "blockbuster only" -model (that seems like being the only profitable model on HD consoles), is when F5 example comes into picture.
Ditching Wii, would mean they'd have to replace Wii revenue/profit with PSP and DS, both that already have more games than people wants to buy.

As for Epic, their engines are on PC, PS3 and 360. So, no, they aren't a console only developer. Their product is the games engine.

Ail said:


Yeah it's a known fact that all developer/publisher companies are headed by stupid executives that never try to increase the profit their company makes...


Seriously the constant criticizing of gaming companies for not delivering what people want on the Wii is really getting old...


These guys mostly know their job and their bonus/stock options depend on how well their company do so if there was a way to reap huge profit on the Wii, they would be all over it...


And if you think you know the market so much better than them. Why the heck don't you start your own company ??? 


 


Reading these forums feels like reading monday quaterback posts after the superbowl sometime..




I do agree that the complaint about the devs not delivering the games people want to play for Wii, is getting old. Which is why it's very intresting why they still aren't doing so.

Actually the CEO:s of these companies are following the model they think is right, in a worst case, they have developed they model so far, that they can't even change it, without restructuring the company. Think about the US car manufacturers; despite market rejecting them for years, they still kept pushing the same thing, because they thought it was the only way to go. They could keep on going as long as they could outsource their production to Korea to keep up with declining profits.
Or, think about an athlete, who complains about taxes and doesn't move to Monaco, where there are no income tax (or is just marginal).

Looking at the game sales and profits of Nintendo, you really have to be blind if you can't see money on Wii. 3rd parties likely keep on being in denial, until the elephant is too big for them to keep pretending they don't see it.
It's going to follow the same tracks with NES, that the devs tried to avoid like plague "because you couldn't make money with the fad", but eventually jumped the ship in droves, because of the money to be made with the system.

Ei Kiinasti.

Eikä Japanisti.

Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.

 

Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.