| ArchCarrier said: Thanks. i appreciate your opinion.
is there any sort of statistics that show the amount of people who have multiple consoles, i believe this is very true if there's a high percentage of people who own more than 1 console. what title would you believe to be a good example? so if i were to develop a game (digital download obviously), which platform should i chose to start with? that's the question i want answered through statistics. thanks. |
NPD did a a report on multiconsole ownership last fall. It's US only, but it might give a good idea...
Wii Owners
60% only own a Wii
40% also own one or both of the other consoles
14% also own a PS3
26% also own a 360
PS3 Owners
22% only own a PS3
78% also own one or both of the other consoles
42% also own a Wii
36% also own a 360
360 Owners
40% only own a 360
60% also own one or both of the other consoles
42% also own a Wii
18% also own a PS3
...of course this doesn't reflect the proportion of userbase that's online.
If you're doing a DD game, XBLA is probably the easiest to get up and running on, thanks to XNA/Indie Games. Of course that route has it's own issues, but you don't need a publisher (you do on normal XBLA) and you get worldwide certification (you get this on normal XBLA also). On WiiWare, you don't need a publisher but you do need to prove you're a legit company (but the threshold is pretty low/lenient) and you also get worldwide certification. On PSN you need a publisher and certification is regional (meaning you need to resubmit individually to SCEA, SCEE and SCEJ).
