| Mr Khan said: The problem with console development is that developers are locked into a "port everything" mentality there. If Nintendo's in the porting loop, they'll succeed, if not, i would bet against it
Though Nintendo might set the porting standard depending on when they launch, so it depends. |
This is 100% correct, I don't think 3rd parties quite knew how to respond to the Wii since the gap in performance was a historically big one, porting is difficult and simply making a PS360/PC game gets not only simpler due to the amount of tweaking required to "fit" the Wii but it also makes sense in a business perspective since the PS360/PC install base and overall software market is very big indeed. The fact that most serious 3rd party efforts (Zack & Wiki, The Conduit, FF: Crystal Chronicles, No More Heroes) sold very poorly didn't exactly help instill good faith in the developers either. This generation has presented a difficult market since its effectively two markets with no obvious bridge across the chasm.
