| makingmusic476 said: Wii fans: They're only hurting themselves! They'll lose more money elsewhere because of sky high development costs! Wii is the way to go! PS3/360 fans: Anything not Nintendo sells like crap on Wii! Just makes games for ps3/360! It's the obvious choice! Reality: This gen is not like last gen. Last gen developers could focus all their efforts on one primary platform, occasionally porting to others for some extra cash. This gen a choice has to be made, and it isn't an easy decision in the slightest. Developers more often than not are losing out on both sides of the fence because of a split market, and it seems that most of the big publishers are choosing to stick with what they know rather than charting new territory with the Wii. |
Spot on IMHO.
The Wii has a unique control scheme and totally different level of technical specification, the PS3 and 360 seem similar from technical specification but have different architectures and my move further apart with Natal/Wand, and none of them, not even the Wii, has got total dominance across all demographics and regions (note I don't mean sales, I know Wii has most sales in all regions, but for example it sure doesn't have the majority of the online FPS crowd).
This means developers and publishers need to think a lot more carefully, and with a lot more research and knowledge, than probably ever before, and clearly their success rate hasn't been perfect by any means at making this adjustment.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
