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jarrod on 16 June 2010
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darthdevidem01 said:
jarrod said:
darthdevidem01 said:

The Wii's successor is unlikely to get such support as PS360 are extremely good at selling software

DS's competitor was terrible at selling software.


Again, depends entirely on the software.  It's better for some (most really), but not for all (Sega, Hudson... even Namco Bandai, Capcom and Ubisoft had the biggest returns on Wii last FY versus other systems).  It's also generally worse for legacy franchises versus last generation on PS2 (plus GC & Xbox), which is more the issue imo.

Wii's successor will be launching from a far, far stronger position than Wii did, and PS4/Xbox 3 will probably be launching from a weaker position than PS3/Xbox 2 did in developer's minds...

Depends on the architecture of future consoles too. If they can have 1 game as a multiplat across PS3/720/Wii2 then it won't matter.

SEGA not doing well is their own fault or the marketings fault (Valkyria Chronicles). Same with Namco Bandai.

Capcom has done well with RE5, maybe nothing else though.

I tend to think Wii2 to PS3 will be similar to 3DS to PSP spec wise... a clear improvement, but not exactly a generational one.  I also expect Wii2 to preempt the cycle and launch probably a year or more before Xbox 3 and PS4 though (say Q4 2011 versus Q4 2012 or later), and I also expect the latter to be less of a bank-breaking generational shift than 360/PS3 were.  Micrsoft and Sony don't seem to be in any hurry to go next generation, their massive losses and frankenstien Wii-too add-ons are proof enough of that.