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cura on 13 April 2011
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LordTheNightKnight said:
cura said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
cura said:

Why don't people get a wii for nintendo games and a ps3 or xbox 360 for third party games (e.g., Capcom's SFIV...)?

Also, LP2 et al. were also released on pc which was another source of income. Though a crap game is a crap game and I certainly hope Capcom didn't get much of a profit (if any) out of those games.

Another thing...it may be that developers prefer to make games for the HD consoles over the Wii. It will be interesting whether developers will make games move/kinect compatible or simply stick wth what is tried and true.

Either way, the issue of 3rd party games has plagued the wii ever since its release. I sure hope Nintendo will workout a way to fix it for next gen. 


The problem is the public chose the Wii, and as third parties sell games to the public, they are supposed to go where the public chooses. That's how business works, unless you want your company to stagnate and finally collapse. And history of all businesses show that will happen unless they change their ways.


Well, ps3 and 360 have a combined market share of over 50% and then there is pc as well. This is important because it makes development on HD consoles (more) financially viable. 


No, that ignores the fact that costs for those games goes up, and sales have not risen to match them. In case you didn't notice, few developers are making money on them, so claiming they are more financially viable is a fallacy.

Furthermore, third party sales for Wii games overall are still very high, despite how many cherry pick the occasional game's individual sales.

honestly, I don't think that higher market share = higher sales (case in point dead space extraction et al.). I was just pointing out that when HD consoles are grouped together they have more market share than the wii, and it is more than likely 3rd party developers factor this in to the equation when deciding what platform to develop for. Yes, I understand that costs also rise but (probably) not as much as the sales (though if the game bombs then obviously it won't have the desired effect).  

All I see from Nintendo fans is blame towards Third partys for not giving the wii adequate support. However, I feel that third party developers are free to choose which platform they develop their games, and I absolutely detest seeing wii fans giving a list of bullet points as to why the wii is a much better platform to develop for (e.g., cheaper to develop a wii game versus HD game; 86 million user base, etc.). I am sure they have weighed the pros and cons of development for each platform BEFORE deciding to develop for a particular platform (e.g., wii vs ps3 vs 360; wii vs 360/ps3; all platforms). 

I don't see AC3, Mass Effect 3, Skyrim, Batman AC, Bioshock 3, Deus Ex HR, and so many more coming to the wii, and nor do I expect to see the developers for the aforementioned games convert to wii development.