| Vinniegambini said: Industry leaders yes, but are the consumers ready to jump the boat - I'm not so sure. Video games fanatics like us will purchase the latest technology, however will the average consumer who sees a PS3 and Xbox 360 at 199$ compare to 720 and PS4 at over 400$ purchase it? I wouldn't count on it. Furthermore, like I mentioned, I think you will be surprised on how many developers will not go ahead and fully support the next Xbox or PS4 until that user base is installed and it will be up to the first party developers to do the expanding. Wii U, 720 and PS4 will not get much third party support until the 2nd year on the market as they want a return on their investment. Its business. Look at the PS3 when it launched and the games it had. Then compare that to the support the PS2 in comparison to PS3's first year. PS2 was the platform of choice - safer investment, more profitable. Furthermore, development costs will not be more costly that they are right now for the Wii U due to it being slightly above current gen consoles. Hence, will developers support the next PS4 and 720 with a hefty investment and bill attached to it, or will they support the Wii U which has a lesser investment risk? I think you know the answer. |
You are delusional. Nobody is going to support the Wii U because of that. Third-party sales are simply too atrocious for it to be true, always have been, except when Nintendo bullied developers to censor games and release them according to their liking back on the 80's and 90's which didn't leave a good impression, I'll tell you that. So it is going to be better to develop for the new consoles instead of the Wii U even if costs double because they are probably going to sell 4x or 8x more like they did in this gen. Nowadays according to your budget and ambitions you either develop for iOS and Android, or the 3DS, or the MS/Sony new consoles. There's hardly any middle ground between those.
It's funny Nintendo tried to play exactly the same card back with the Wii and it failed even before Smartphone gaming became a big deal. How do you call someone who tries the same thing multiple times expecting the same results? I think you know the answer.
Edit - I said third parties don't sell in Nintendo hardware nowadays? Well, that's a lie. There's Just Dance and the like. I bet we'll all enjoy that again.
