I feel a MASSIVE change in the gaming industry

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Legend11 said: 

Now I'm sure someone will mention the development budget on the Wii being lower but that isn't the whole picture.  Multiplatform games can spread costs among the different versions (level designers, artists, etc).  Also because of the very nature of the PC/360/PS3 audiences it's likely easier to know what games are almost a sure thing with them.  Not only that but some successful third party multiplatform PC/360/PS3 games are hitting 3-5+ million right now.  That's several million copies of pure profit once the initial cost is paid off.  You can bet that third parties planning AAA games take that into consideration.

 For starters, the costs aren't offset by porting every time. For example, Orange Box sold 500,000 on the 360 but only 40k opening week on the PS3.

Beyond that, though, people keep saying that the Wii's userbase doesn't buy "hardcore" games, yet that doesn't explain the million sellers like RE4, Guitar Hero 3 and Red Steel.

The real problem with most 3rd party Wii efforts is that they receive squat for advertising, the three million sellers I listed are notable exceptions.

I've talked to quite a few people who loved Zak and Wiki, Dewey's Adventure and many of the other 3rd party efforts. They're good, but they haven't been advertised worth a damn.

If games like RE4 can do well (despite being the 4th friggin' console it's on), then I'm sure that good games with solid advertising can sell just as well if not better, but you can't blame the Wii for 3rd party apathy towards advertising.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy for many 3rd parties. The ones to break out of this will profit immensely.