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naruto on 17 January 2008
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naznatips said:
naruto said:
bluster said:
Also is worth mentioning, that the fact that 3rd parties dont get to the first spots in the Wii sales ranking is because Nintendo was really inspired in this last year. All the games were quite good, really.
Then again, Its also worth mentioning, to stop this 3rd partys not selling stuff, that the Wii has had some of the best selling 3rd parties games of the years, actually. Mario & Sonic could easily had been the best selling 3rd party game in Europe if it had been released earlier in 07. And Dragon Quest Swords has sold more copies in Japan than any other next-gen 3rd party game. Period.

ok Mario & sonic they worked with nintendo on the game and plus mario is in the game it going SELL because of Mario and friends is in the game plus it's a PARTY GAME

 

and Dragon quest Swords? Most of DQ sales comes from japan no duh it's going sell


Yes, that's true, but consider that almost 50% of the games released on the "average" video game console are developed in Japan.  Got that in your mind?  Now consider that not a single PS3 or 360 game in Japan has even managed to break half a million.  That includes former million sellers like HSG, Gundam games, and Dynasty Warriors.  Now, consider according to developer reports the average PS3 and 360 game costs up to 3X the average Wii game of similar quality and effort.  Now, with all that in mind, where would you expect the majority of these home console games to be developed this generation?  

Third party games aren't doing well on home consoles (or really anything but the DS) in general in Japan, but do you really expect the ones that are made on home consoles to be on much else other than the Wii?  If games aren't selling well in general, when you do go to make a game, are you going to make it on the system with high userbase, low dev costs, and the highest software sales (both first and 3rd party) to this point, or the systems with low userbase, high dev costs, and much lower software sales?  You decide. 

 

this how the way i see it third party japanese games on Wii, 360 and PS3 are bad in general

so if  japanese developer i try to make games on PS2, DS or PSP

it's simple Japan is becoming fully Portable  gaming lovers Period