Against the grain: Why is the Wii so rubbish at mature games?

[Chibi.V.29]

Conegamer said:

Chibi.V.29 said:

Conegamer said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

huaxiong90 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

I should add that the vulume of m rated games on the other systems increase sales, but the costs are so high that only a few make money, and that only a few really sell that well anyway.

I wonder how big the development budget for The Last Story and Xenoblade are.

Hard to say, since budget disclosure is so rare among the gaming industry.

It is, but I'd guess

Xenoblade-£9 million

The Last Story- £12 million

(Typical Wii game- £7 million)

(Typical HD game- £16-20 million)

These are all just guesses, but likely in the right area

Your guess is somewhat over estimated on all front i would i have to say. I dont know the exact figures myself but consider crysis cost 20 million to make i highly doubt thats the general amoutn spent. It probably more around 5 million for a trypicle wii game and 10 million for hd game. With very high buget wii games being about 15 million and very high budget HD games being about 50 million.

To be honest though the obveous reaosn ti costs more is that the budget is mostly spent og the graphicle sid eof things which the wii is slightly lacking in.

Perhaps; however, the only two figures I know FOR SURE are:

GTAIV-£47 million

FF13- £60 million

(I also remember reading that COD games on the  HD consoles cost more than 5X as much as on the Wii)

*starts looking for source*

gta 4 actualy cost an estimated 100 million :P ff13 was about 60 or 70 million yes. Obveously it costs alot more to make cod for HD consols. Yo make a game for a HD consol with the intention of making it look graphicly ipressive. Better the graphics the higher the costs. PS360 have alot better graphics than a wii so cost alot more to make games for. graphics arnt atall evrything but they shore as hell make up alot of the costs XD