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Smidlee on 11 June 2010
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Metallicube said:
Smidlee said:
Metallicube said:

And don't fall for the "it's hard to develop separately for the Wii because it's not HD, THAT's why it gets little support!" argument. It is merely an excuse. Remember that Gamecube and N64 both had comparable hardware to their competitors, yet still they got shunned. Because even with powerful hardware, the consoles still present one problem for the 3rd parties, and that problem is Nintendo.

Well it is hard to get a game designed to use 256mb of Gpu ram to run on  only 64 mb of ram without totally redoing the  game's art. Art is a big cost. So if for a third party point of view design a game to run on 256mb of Gpu ram can be ported to X360/PS3/ PC without redo the art/graphics. X360/ps3/PC combined has a bigger user base than Wii alone.

Like I said, difference in console power may be PART of the issue, but it's most definitly not the ROOT of the issue. If it was, the Gamecube and N64 would have recieved comparable 3rd party support to Sony and MS.

Look at the Dreamcast. Despite having a powerful console (and the MOST powerful for awhile), most 3rd parties flocked to the Playstation and later the PS2, which played a great role in killing the Dreamcast.

It cannot be that hard to port a game to Wii. Notice how you didn't see 3rd parties complaining about the difficulty of porting an Xbox game to PS2. Or a PS2 game to PS1. Or even a PS3 game to PSP.Yet these consoles certainly were not similar in power.

If they don't have trouble making crossplatform games for PS3 (which is supposed to be way more powerful than 360) to 360, then I don't see why it should suddenly become a major issue to port to Wii as well. The issue is not difference in console power, but the difference in brand loyalty and quality games that Nintendo presents.

Would you like to buy a third party game  on N64 for $60 (cartiage) or on the PS (Disc) for $40? PS made a lot of changes to console including better music (cheaper to record on CD) that N64 couldn't do.

 Dreamcast was a nightmare to program for. It was too powerful for it's own good.

 But you are right it's more than just console power differences.