Third Party Devs have made up their minds about the Wii.

[NJ5]

Procrastinato said:

"The Effort" means "The Money", if you weren't aware.

If you put more money into Wii development... there goes the grand Wii advantage, doesn't it?  Would a $20M Wii game sell as much as a $20M HD game?  That's the question.  Depends on the product, and the number of Wii owners willing to purchase it, doesn't it?

That would be absurd. If you spent $20 million on a Wii game you'd make a game with more content than 99% of all existing games, as content is cheaper to create on the Wii.

I think most people are talking about effort in game design and marketing. Rather than making simpler knock-offs of existing franchises and then complaining they don't sell.