Japanese Game Developers Failing

[johnsobas]

Millennium said:

Xoj said:
i still prefer japanese games.
they are more fun , have better storyline and music.
even if not many can pay for HD graphics.

Well, it's interesting: if they can't pay for HD graphics, there's a whole console out there with a great big ready-made fanbase that doesn't require them to develop HD graphics: indeed, not doing so is the norm. Developers report satisfactory profits even on games that sell only a couple hundred thousand copies; no need to sell 750,000+ just to break even.

It sounds to me as though the smart thing for these Japanese developers to do would be to work more with this console, and cultivate userbases there. Why do you suppose they refuse to do that?

The DS is a lot cheaper than even the wii to develop for, and the userbase was almost as big as the PS2 when the wii first launched.  It might have worked to put stuff on wii if everyone was on board, but it was just easier to stay with the DS which is the market they know.  They also didn't expect the wii to be that successful when it first came out.