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jarrod on 22 September 2010
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Carl2291 said:
Viper1 said:

Your own logic doesn't hold up.  If it didn't need persuasion, then why does the Wii considering it's the fastest selling console in history (faster even than the DS).  Shouldn't massive support for Wii be a no brainer?

No. Because of the direction Nintendo have taken it.

Big hit core games don't really have a proven market on Wii, where they have a vast proven market on PS3/360. The Wii early on was filled with party games and such. Those party games sold tremendously well coming off the success of Wii Sports/ Wii Play and such. The same happened with Wii Fit too and the sudden surge of fitness games. There is really no point in risking a bit blockbuster on Wii when you can sell 500k copies of some random party/fitness game with minimal effort and make a quick profit.

As for your 3DS thing... The main difference between Wii/ 3DS support is this. The 3DS is the follow up to the best selling system ever. The Wii was the follow up to the Gamecube. The games were being made for 3DS as soon as it was shown. Wii... Not so much. The 3DS is a brand new system. The Wii is halfway through, or nearing the end of it's life cycle.

3DS is in a totally different situation to Wii.

This isn't exactly Nintendo's direction though, they've been consistently supplying Wii with successful core games as well (Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, Smash Brawl, NSMB, etc).  And for some reason, 3rd parties never followed that; I mean, if 3rd parties actually wanted to follow recent trends, Sonic 4, Rayman Origins and MegaMan Universe should really all be Wii exclusive retail games.  

Also, there were many indications for a strong "core" market early on with Wii (COD3 Wii outselling the PS3 rev, RE4's huge success, DQSwords outselling every previous console DQ spinoff, Red Steel's launch period success, etc)... the problem there is that we've had four years of inconsistent support from the industry at large, and rather than build and nurture this market segment on Wii, they've largely done everything in their power to consolidate it on about every other platform in turn (DS, PSP, 360/PS3/PC).  3DS gives them a nice stepping stone away from Wii now too, but really at this point, it's too late for Wii anyway imo.  Better luck with Wii 2 3rd parties, don't fuck it up this time.