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Entroper said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Lord N said:

From Capcom: The Wii gets RE4: UC, the PS3 and 360 get RE5 and DMC4

From Square: The Wii gets FF: Crystal Chronicles, the PS3 gets FFXIII

From Konami: The Wii gets Elebits, the PS3 gets MGS4

From Ubisoft: The Wii gets Prince Of Persia: Rival Swords(a remake of a game that everyone has already bought), the PS3 and 360 get Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six: Vegas, And GRAW 2

From Rockstar: The Wii gets Manhunt 2, the PS3 and 360 gets GTAIV

I could go on and on, but I think you see where this is going. The PS3 and 360 will have the bigger titles regardless of the Wii's install base because they simply aren't possible with the latter.


So all you want is sequels and rehashes?


To be fair, sequels are better than remakes of the same games (a la RE4 and PoP).

There is a point to this, that established third-party franchises are putting their big titles on 360 and PS3.  But I would rather see new IP or games that are actually meaningfully different because of what the Wii brings to the table than those games.  Plus, Wii owners aren't as dependent on third-parties to carry the weight:

From Nintendo: Mario Galaxy, Zelda: TP, Super Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros. Brawl

From Retro: Metroid Prime 3


 The remakes are due to devs trying to capitalize on Wii's success, they were caught off guard, but the PS3 was expected to be a success, yet instead of new IPs all it gets are sequels and rehashes



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)