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Legend11 on 24 December 2007
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FreeTalkLive rocks! said:
Vizion said:

Wouldn't it be nice to see high quality games like Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto 4 and Call of Duty 4 on the Wii?

 The best versions of Godfather and Scarface are on the Wii.  Those are high quality games.  The best version of the 2005 game of the year, RE4, is on the Wii.  Mario and Sonic at the Olympics is the best 3rd party console party game ever made.   The Wii has been proven- it can have high quality 3rd party ports :) No seriously, just give it time.  Wii owns Japan and is the major foce in every other major market.  If you build it... 

 


DS owns Japan not the Wii.  As for 3rd parties in Japan here're some numbers on how the top 15 publishers are doing in Japan with their Wii games (chart is from NeoGAF, numbers are from Media Create LTD up until December 2nd, 2007):

        Publisher       Games     Total        Median
 1      Nintendo         17     8 294 000       487 882
 2      Namco-Bandai     10       658 000        65 800
 3      Square-Enix       1       477 000       477 000
 4      Capcom            4       266 000        66 500
 5      Konami            5       221 000        44 200
 6      SEGA              6       216 000        36 000
 7      Hudson            7       199 500        28 500
 8      Takara-Tomy       2       136 000        68 000
 9      MMV               3        82 000        27 333
10      Koei              5        81 000        16 200
11      Tecmo             2        76 000        38 000
12      Ubisoft           3        58 000        19 333
13      Banpresto         1        56 000        56 000
14      AQ Interactive    1        53 000        53 000
15      E.A Japan         5        52 000        10 400

Now looking at those numbers does anyone really think Japan will influence how Western developers like E.A. and Ubisoft plan their games?  Seeing numbers like those and realizing that the Wii will likely be the dominant console in Japan is probably what's influencing companies like Capcom for example to focus on games that cater specifically to North American and European audiences rather than just bringing Japanese games to them.  Capcom even said at their Gamer's Day this year that they're seeing sales growth in North America and Europe and shrinking in Japan.