Nintendo and 3rd parties *Formerly; Nintendo is f*cking up big times with 3rd parties*

[DanneSandin]

Raze said:

DanneSandin said:

Raze said:
The biggest reason the Wii got skipped on many 3rd party games was cost. Devs said they had to entirely build their game different for SD, and didn't feel the cost was worth it. Now that the Wii U is HD, even if less powerful than PS4/720, it's still in the same ballpark, just have to reduce textures and model polys.

So why not make original Wii games? Like Just Dance? Or Skylanders?

Good question. From what I've observed, going back a gen to PS2/GC/XB1, devs/publishers got used to the "one coat of paint" method of putting games out - just make them for all 3 systems. Making an original Wii game that wouldn't port well to the other systems might not be financially sound.

Sometimes it IS a dev, like Rockstar, they refused to bring GTA to Nintendo during the GC, even though the system was capable of running it.

But I don't think the xbox got GTA as well? Back in those days exclusivity were much more common.

But really, isn't it pretty silly for a developer to say "Fuck Wii, we're too lazy to bring up new concepts that could make us a ton of money". At one point, Nintendo consoles stood for 40% of Ubisofts income. That's pretty huge. It was a lot cheaper to make games on the Wii too. Skipping the Wii was bad business just because you were too lazy.