*Where Would Gaming Be If Wii Failed?*

[Mr Khan]

Kasz216 said:

evolution_1ne said:

Kasz216 said:

 

I don't actually... but now you know.

Third party games do perform better on the Wii then the HD consoles.

Wii games were selling less and making profits, HD games were selling more and bankrupting their developers. 

This is less of a problem now due to enough time being put in graphically to in general make things cheaper (as happens in every generation) but if it hadn't been for the Wii to start out...

there would of been some SERIOUS problems... and serious crashes of companies.

yeah.....bullshit, your gonna have to show me alot more than a link from ubisoft (who is far from small) to support that claim. I bet every one you do find it's becasue of the developers own fault, poor resource management,shit game, etc.

but SERIOUS problems...yeah keep your own made up (until proven otherwise) FUD to yourself.

So in otherwords "Show me more proof that I will pretend doesn't matter anyway."

Cognitive Dissonance much?

 

Also, you know... that's exactly the problem.  ANYONE can make a shit game.   If ONE shit game can end you as a company... you are pretty much screwed.  Hence why the Wii basically saved... large swaths of the gaming Industry.  If it wasn't for the Wii, those who did surived would of went conservative.  Basically making SD games on the HD systems.

Free Radical went down because of Haze... they made some very popular games and some unpopular ones... and one HD game ended them.

Even great selling games don't gurantee profit though.  Afterall Rockstar didn't make money the year Grand Theft Auto released.

I mean, you can believe what you want and what will "help you sleep at night", but it won't change the obvious reality that existed. 

That's the real kicker. TakeTwo lost money the year that Grand Theft Auto IV, the game that was supposed to bury the Wii (and especially to bury Mario Kart Wii) released. If you've got a game that's supposed to save your company, GTAIV was it

This is not to say that going to Wii is a magical cure-all, of course (as Majesco and Marvelous can attest), but those who have balanced their portfolios have tended to do better than those who have not