Ubisoft Reports $117M Loss On Sales Drops, Catalog Discounting

[Avinash_Tyagi]

jammy2211 said:

All I was doing is explaining why HD dev costs have in general fallen, and why in certain situations they rise - and when they do rise the reasoning is financially viable and is based around maximizing profits. Just like Nintendo do when they set aside a $40 million Wii Fit Advertising campaign.

 The blockbuster Wii games all have a marketing budget which is comparable (If not exceeds) that of a HD title ( Source ) making costs easily comparable. We've still no real idea how much something like Wii Fit or Mario Kart Wii cost to make, I still struggle to beleive this assumed 'it's cheaper just cause it's on Wii mentality', when it comes to any big name game the developement costs are significient.

 All the publishers losing money make Wii games too; you can pin their financial struggling on any number of things (Recession an obvious one). It's laughable to try pin a comapny the size of EA or Ubisoft and blame a poor quarter (Or year in EA's case :P) on supporting HD gaming - and just as easily I could bring up a company who really hasn't supported the Wii or DS (i.e. Capcom or Konami) yet are still in the black.

Actually publishers themselves have stated that Wii is much cheaper to Develope for, THQ said it was a fraction of the cost, even if you include the marketing, its still a cheaper endeavor to make Wii games.

Nintendo is making money even with those factors, and on Wii and DS, so its not the systems, its the devs and publishers