| Cobretti2 said: LOL apart from all the errors in your post like: "old code this", "new challenges on new architecture" and "money not important" I agree that the most likely outcome will be less then stellar Wii U support. However I also believe that if the WiiU was more powerful it still would not get those ports as history has proven this before. The fact is that little Nintnendo logo is what stopes most developers touching the console. So NIntendos choices are: 1) Make affordable hardware users will be happy with 2) Make expensive hardware developers want, but in the end won't develop for and sell at higher price resulting even worst sales than it is now. Oh I am an engineer and MONEY comes first as I got a mortgage and bills to pay (they are not small in Australian). |
I think the choices you gave for Nintendo are a false dilemma.
A major problem that publishers have with Nintendo is that Nintendo both out competes and crowds them out. It doesn't matter how powerful the Nintendo console is the publishers are unlikely to ever really be happy with them and supporting their consoles. On the 'Halo box' you can still sell Call of Duty, Battlefield etc but on the Mario box you couldn't really sell something like 'Little Big Planet'. The hardcore users are too loyal and the casual users only mostly stick with the best which comes from Nintendo.
If you had a choice between doing interesting work or uninteresting work on the same salary you would choose the former and not the latter. If for instance you're Corriane Yu and someone told you to work on a platform you didn't like you have the credentials to tell them to go to hell because you've got job offers lined up. When the Wii was released we effectively experienced the publishers reluctance and their inability to 'move their A teams' to follow the money on the Wii. Game developers are paid far less than what they are worth in other fields, especially good ones so if you can't excite their passion then you've got to pay them an equivalent salary, however publishers like how things operate so they give their top class developers some flexibility.
Tease.
