More Capcom PR: More Quality Less quantity for the Wii LOL at Sega

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SaviorX said:

famousringo said:

SaviorX said:

famousringo said:

Less revenues, perhaps, but if fewer SKUs reduces costs faster than it reduces revenues, publishers come out ahead. As jlauro suggested, it's even possible that fewer SKUs might increase revenue as upmarket Wii games draw themselves out of competing with every budget title launched on the Wii.

Yes, that does also open up space for smaller developers at the bottom trying to fight their way in. It all sounds good to me.

Alright, that sounds good in practice. Do you know any companies that have done that recently so I can get an example of it (besides Capcom)?

I think you mean it sounds good in theory. Nobody has really put it into practice yet, except maybe EA Sports, so I'll let you know how it goes.

I wrote the word theory, but used practice instead, because I didn't want to discredit your educated thought by assuming it was theory. Theory implies you stated it but have never seen it actually work. I assume you've seen a case where you know it worked, hence why you brought it up, so I changed the word.

LOL, you give me too much credit. There's a reason why I used words like 'if,' 'possible,' and 'might' in that post. Nothing is ever certain. I was more outlining how Capcom's plan might succeed than I was asserting that it would succeed.

EA Sports has put out several hits on the Wii without skimping on investment, though I'm sure they're disappointed in the performance of Madden and FIFA on the platform. Music games have done well, as has Call of Duty. Monster Hunter 3 was a solid success in Japan. Red Steel is the only other "event-size" 3rd party game I can think of, but it has exceptional circumstances on its side as a launch game. Everything else is niche or spinoff.

No, the Wii's reaction to third party "event-size" games is largely untested. There are a few games coming this year that will give us a better idea, starting with Red Steel 2.