Wii vs 360 3rd party sales!

[Bodhesatva]

naznatips said:

Bodhesatva said:

Ugh, I think everyone here is being a bit unfair.

Legend is absolutely correct that 3rd parties have made more money on the 360 by a fairly wide margin in the last year, even if the above graph may suggest otherwise.

Naznatips (and others) are correct to point out that this is largely due to the quality of support: the Wii has largely gotten shovelware, the 360 has gotten solid, well funded games, which naturally favors the 360 in that case.

But the original point of this topic is: "Third parties are doing quite well on the Wii, even in comparison to the 360," the answer is "that's not entirely true," even if the reason it's not entirely true is because the Wii has gotten terrible support. It must be mentioned that the 360's support has been much stronger from the aforementioned companies; at the same time, Legend is absolutely correct that these companies have made substantially more money off their 360 ventures than their Wii ones -- again, even if the reason for that disparity is crappy games on the Wii.

Okay? Is that fair?

I agree. What I've been trying to show is that the companies that DO give strong support to the Wii (Capcom, Ubisoft) got strong returns on their investments. Is that not a valid claim?

Yes it is.