Nintendo hate?

[mike_intellivision]

Resident_Hazard said:

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.

I think we all clearly remember that.  Well, at least all of us who pay attention to industry news.  At this stage in the game, I'm willing to bet that Capcom wished to have kept the game on the PS3 where the more solid online setting would've likely guaranteed much higher sales than on the Wii.  Of course they're not going to complain, it's selling pretty well, though probably lower than it should have, and certainly lower than several PSP titles--which is a system with a much lower installed userbase than the Wii.

Well, they might have had better sales (or might not have) -- but it is doubtful they would have had better profits.

The 17% mark-up on cost does not make up the development cost difference (which previous discussions have put Wii costs at any where from 30% to 50% of PS3/Xbox 360 costs).

 

Mike from Morgantown