MontanaHatchet on 15 August 2009
| theprof00 said: oh i get it, everyone should make casual games on the wii, because making an HD game closes your studio. |
Highest profiting companies include:
Nintendo, who solely develop on the Wii and DS.
Ubisoft, the majority of whose development is on the Wii and DS.
Activision, which gives large support to the Wii and DS, but mainly has several cash cows.
If you make a game with an HD budget and it sells just like Call of Duty or Halo, then you're doing great. If it ends up selling like Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Golden Axe, or a bajillion other HD flops, then you're not so lucky. Cheaper development on the Wii and DS is a safety net in case you mess up and your game isn't so successful. No company has ever lost half a billion dollars developing games before this generation.
