| The Ghost of RubangB said: You guys do realize that Capcom had already started development on Monster Hunter 3 as a PS3 game, but they switched it to a Wii game mid-development, right? To save money? Because it's cheaper to make games for the Wii. I hope I'm not the only person here who remembers Capcom telling us that. |
Which also implies they didn't have enough faith the game would sell well enough to justify the cost, and that they had faith there were Wii owners who would buy the game (or else they might have just made the series PSP exclusive). And a million copies is still a million copies, especially when games appealing to those people on the Wii have been so rare.
And by "appealing", I don't mean "values", in case anyone asks. I really call on the notion that HD system owners have radically different values than Wii and DS owners. It's more a matter of differing tastes, but same values. The differing values are amont the reviewers, developers, and the vocal minority gamers. GTA sells for reasons closer to why Mario Kart sells, even if different reasons, not for the reasons it got all those review scores. And MW2 sells for reasons closer to why NSMBWii sells, not for things like HD graphics and a "gripping" story (it's not "Saving Private Ryan" the game, it's closer to "Commando" the game).
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
