| d21lewis said:
I saw where you said new IP are good in the middle od a console's life. May be good for the console (if that's what you mean) but devs have said time and again that it's best for them to release a new IP early in a console's life. People are more open to new things earlier than later. I think the Vita will do well with new IP as long as the install base is decent. Your comment about PSP games like MGSPW and Silent Hill--it's a tough nut to crack. MGSPW was a good game (Silent Hill sucked, though) but audiences just didn't embrace it. Yet, a game like Res Evil Revelations on the 3DS is doing very well. Don't know what to say about that one. |
It is definitely true that early adopters are far more open to buying anything remotely close to their interests on new platforms, even if for no reason other than a lack of competition or superior alternatives. I'm not sure if this is a matter of being more open so much as being a matter of just buying a new piece of hardware and wanting to have as much reason to use it as possible, to include playing games that would not have warranted a purchase even a year later with better options available.
Speaking personally, I have to say that it's a tough tendency to resist. Many of the worst games I've bought on any platform happened to be among the earliest.
I think part of the other problem with portable games in general is that they cannot and generally aren't expected to perform as well commercially as a console release. There are exceptions of course. And of course, the lower sales are offset by lower production costs and faster turnaround development times. If Peace Walker had been a PS3 game, it probably would have taken an extra year at minimum to develop.
Something like Revelations (I think the only reason I haven't bought a copy yet is because I have a PSV on order) is what I would consider a title many may have bought a 3DS for. I'm sure a larger percentage of 3DS owners bought theirs to play Mario Kart or Mario World, but there is definitely a significant niche of players who may even favor 3rd party games over the prerequisite Nintendo franchises, even on Nintendo hardware.
