Ubisoft dev: "Wii is a refurbished Gamecube"

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Carl2291 said:

Soma said:

Carl2291 said:

Soma said:

Carl2291 said:

Metallicube said:

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adsl said:

Usually Game designers / graphical artists don't the Wii, back in 2007 I was talking with one of contacts in the game industry (a game designer) and she told me: "I have already played the tree consoles of this gen and the Wii is the worst"

Yup, my friend who is a 3D artist in the games industry told me how the Wii games department artists were hurting from all the constraints imposed on them. Actually, any time visual fidelity is lost we'll be unhappy, which only makes sense.

Boo hoo. The problem with these game artists is that they forget they are in a BUSINESS. They are not making games for themselves, they're making them for CONSUMERS.

Certain art appeals to certain people though.

Much like certain consoles appeal to certain people.

Hence, that said art doesn't do as well on certain consoles.

Look at the recent sales of Madden 11 as a perfect example. The PS3 version sold 5 times more than the Wii version, despite the Wii userbase in NA being 3 times larger...

Sometimes. The consumers just aren't there.

 

Well, looking at Madden sales, the 07 and 08 sold better on Wii than PS3.  09 was the first time it sold better on PS3 and coincidence or not, it was when they started to make it "cartoony".

That doesn't surprise me one bit considering how the PS3 was selling back in 07/08.

That's true, but it also indicates that Wii owners were interested in playing Madden on Wii. After 09 the sales have been in decline, either the cartoony look or the gameplay mechanics were not so good, but EA failed to keep people interested on the Wii version.

It could also mean that the Wii's Madden audience was maxed at that point. While the PS3's and 360's Madden audience continued to grow.

You should also ask yourself, for what reason were the games made cartoony on Wii?

And how about FIFA? How's the sales of FIFA been between them?

 

Well, according to VGChartz, Fifa 08 had the best sales, Fifa 09 "All Play" the worst, and Fifa 10 slightly better than 09. Fifa 10 World Cup had a terrible start, but it was released in summer unlike the others.... still hard to think it will have a huge bump.

I don't think Wii audience in both series was maxed. It looks like EA just failed and word of mouth was not so good. Why do they have cartoony graphics? Maybe EA thinks people (kids) prefer it that way, but I'm not sure of that. Show a kid the Wii version and PS3 version, and will probably prefer the amazing visuals of the PS3 version.