naznatips on 02 June 2007
| vizunary said: One argument that a lot of people still leave out is the devs vision. The game that they want to make, an artist's view of it. Does no one realize that some programmers want to make the most incredible game that they possibly can? I welcome the higher developement costs, why? Because maybe there won't be nearly as many CRAP games that we have seen before on the more powerful hardware. Where as the wii is much more likely to see horrible games with a higher advertising budget than actual dev cost, HAH lol <-- this could actually happen with the hype and "buzz" surrounding the wii right now. I know that great games are definitely possible on ANY system, but think about it, with the number of "casual" gamers that the wii attracts some PUBLISHERS know that they are the herd and they will buy any crap with a name brand attached. I am not "dissin" the wii, but this always happens, just look at some of the stuff that got made for the ps2, enjoy. |
No, that argument is flawed in pretty much every way. I don't even know where to begin on breaking that down. I guess we will start with the devs "vision." Developers present ideas to the companies they work for, companies say yes or no, then give developers a budget. Studios will not go "oh, you have a $50 million PS3 game you want to make, go ahead!" Believe me if "graphical vision" had much to do with sales at all every game last generation would have been on the Xbox. Not only is it ridiculously arrogant of you to assume that every developer just wants to have pretty graphics on their game and that's the limit of their creativity, but it is also unbelievably petty of you to say that Wii gamers will buy bad games. If all you care about is graphics, that's fine, but don't pretend the rest of the world agrees with you and CERTAINLY don't pretend that designers do. I'm a computer graphics technology major (specializing in animation) and you know what: I would much rather make a Wii game right now. I feel I would have a lot more creative options on the Wii. Your PS2 citation was a horrible example... how many good games were made on the Xbox? According to gamerankings 2 Halos, followed by a lot of racing games and ports from PS2 games. Guess what you're gonna get this generation...
