Squilliam on 23 August 2010
| Rhonin the wizard said: @Squilliam I see you conveniently forgot to mention that Wii games cost less to develop than HD games. |
Im not forgetting that. Im also not forgetting that gamers on DX9 consoles also eat up sequels so larger development costs of setting up a franchise or engine are amortized over a number of projects. A number of important series took 3-4 years to make in the first installment and then after that they often took just 24 months and took fewer people to make them. In addition to that, much of the work done in this generation on the DX9 consoles is transferrable to the next generation of consoles, including the next generation Wii whenever that comes. This is the reason why the complaints of high development costs have dried up.
Tease.
