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Carl on 18 February 2010
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RolStoppable said:
Carl2291 said:
RolStoppable said:

That's not how it works, Carl. You assume that there is a certain pool of games that absolutely has to go to portables, so if the competition performs poorly, everything goes to the other option. That's wrong. All gaming platforms are in competition with one another when it comes to software support. For example, Dragon Quest was never supposed to become a handheld exclusive before this generation started.

You also seem to make the argument that nearly 50 % in market share in the home console space doesn't justify development of major core third party games. Is that what you are saying? It has to be, because you should want to be consistent with your previous posts.

My point is, many developers see PS3 and 360 as a unified platform. With DS and PSP it is straight up 1 vs 1. With Wii, 360 and PS3 it's slightly different because of how similar PS3 and 360 are.

50% marketshare does justify it. I never said otherwise. But if it was more of a 70-30 comparison, i think thing's would be much different.

Full circle!

50 % market share does justify it. That's what Wii owners have been saying all along. That's when you posted your reasoning why there are no major third party games coming to the Wii. Reasons that turned out to be wrong or questionable.

So tell me, why are third parties not making big core games for the Wii? Some of them even fail on the HD consoles, but that doesn't stop third parties from making more for those systems (provided the studio doesn't get closed down afterwards). So it's not like a possible failure would count as a valid reason not to try.

Sorry for the late reply.

50% does justify it, i just don't think it justifies it enough when the other 2 are combined outselling it, are very similar to eachother, are a proven market for core games and developers already have the game engines ready and working. PS3 and 360 share the majority of 3rd party games.

I couldn't answer that one. But my guess would be this... It's simply much easier, and much more proitable for them to make some cashin sports game or party game.