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goopy20 on 03 May 2013
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JakDaSnack said:

Your right, games will be more expensive to develop. However do you seriously believe we won't see any true next gen games for 5 years? Every new console in history has had plenty of games from day one. It's not like we were getting HD ports of ps2 games, the first 3 years after the ps3 launched. In fact, as soon as the ps4 comes out the ps3 will lose all it's appeal, pretty much like what happened with the ps2 when the ps3 came out. The ps3 luanched in 2007 and just look at how many ps2 games sold more then 2m copies in 2008: http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=&publisher=&platform=PS2&genre=&minSales=0&results=200

What's interesting for developers is the lack of competition when the next gen starts. That's why games like Resistance 1 and Motor Storm 1 sold around 4 million copies, while the sequals never reached those kind of sales. But I agree, we don't know what will happen with the Wii-U. It could end up being very succesful, but any 6 year old can predict that it's not going to be a big player in the core gaming market though.

Nono, you miss understood me, we will see "true next gen games" from 3rd parties in a short period of time.  I'm just saying we will see those games ported to last gen consoles(and whatever the wiiU is) for the next few years simply because they can't afford not too.  

Any 6 year old could also predict that it's going to be the biggest player in the core gaming market, so idk what your point is.  But personally, I see the wiiU becoming the 2nd best selling Nintendo console, and depending on how the ps4/720 do, it may end up having the most marketshare next gen.  

I don't understand, you think the Wii-U will be the biggest player in the core gaming market?

Anyway, like I said: look at how ps2 games were selling in 2008 even though it had a 150m installbase. The ps2 still got some ports but with a graphical leap in hardware there is only so much developers can do. Examples are most of the Wii ports that were basically a different game or horrid spinoffs like we got on the ps2 such as: http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/18/call-of-duty-world-at-war-final-fronts-review

Besides wouldn't it be kinda crap if developers wouldn't use the hardware on the true next gen consoles because they want their games to look identical on wii-u, ps3 and 360? Why bother releasing a new console at all then?