Next generation console development is seriously hurting the Wii U.

[M.U.G.E.N]

flagstaad said:

M.U.G.E.N said:

DaRev said:
Once Japan comes online fullyband those developers start embracing the Wii U, Nintendo will have nothing to worry about. All those great Japanies games will be exclusive to Wii U beacuse of its bigger installed base.

Then once PS4 & 720 come out, their smaller installed base and high R&D costs will force developers to make games for Wii U as well.

I think Wii U will be OK.

why would you think this if it didn't even happen with the wii?

IMHO, It did not happen last time because the PS2 crushed everyone world wide and everyone was expecting the PS3 to do it again, so every developer was getting ready to support the safer bet and that means developing assets and textures in HD, working with complex architecture and large amounts of data, when the Wii won the higher install base it was just too late to come back, some big companies did make some adjustments (DQ X, Monster Hunter 3, Tales of Graces, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, etc) and some small ones made the effort (Muramasa, No More Heroes, Little's King Story) but the tides were turned way before that.

I don't agree. I think for some major games the fanbase is very solid on the ps3. That's why we saw games like FF and One Piece even towards the end of the generation. The size of the userbase hardly matters to third parties really...what matters is on what system their games sell the most