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A203D on 11 November 2010
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flagstaad said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

How many 3rd party devs have had success on the wii? Not many. So you can't really blame them. Imagine them making a game like GOW on the Wii, how many H&S games have sold well on the system? 'They' don't expect big sales even if they develop for the wii, that's all they are saying. GOS sales are not complete here, we don't know how much it sold on PSN, or WW for that matter for sure. So wait until we get proper confirmation of it before going down this discussion. Developing for a handheld is much cheaper also which helps.

I for one HOPE Sony buy off R@D and make them focus on PSP2 and PS3 soon. They are such good devs. GoS is an AMAZING game

Look at it this way, its like Nintendo lends Mario or Link to a third party company (we are talking about GOD OF WAR, not an unknow franchise) and the sales go very bad.

Its true that the sales are not complete but its a very discouraging start, specially if you compare it with something like Goldeneye that you can say its also a "nintendo franchise" developed by a third party, a very similar situation than the GoW one. The point that I am trying to make its that they dismissed the Wii for the next project, but didn't do it for the PSP a year and a half ago, and are not taking into account the "wearing off" of the 360 and PS3 in 1.5-2 years, they either are not learning from their mistakes or are forgetting that the development process takes a lot of time.

Yeah but its on the PSP, a game that sells over 1mil on the PSP is considered a success for the system. and R@D arnt strangers they also made the highly acclaimed Chains of Olympus. which i played and thought was excellent - personally i was dissappointed with GOW3, and GOS looks more my cup of tea after seeing the trailers etc.

other developers have also tried and failed on wii, games like RE the darkside chronicles, or Dead Space extraction have encourged big developers/publishers like EA and Capcom to focus their efforts elsewhere. imo R@D are a good developer who've made the right choice because even if the PS3 or 360 wears off in a year or 2, they're not wearing off now, its better they do their best with what they got at the moment imo. (but just what i think, no one get upset).