Nintendo Q1 Earnings July 31st (Results Inside - Profit)

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Soleron said:

Soundwave said:

Soleron said:
If this is also a loss, they need to start bringing individual game costs down. Miyamoto said Wii U games cost twice as much to make - that's not acceptable if they don't sell more for that investment. Lower the graphical quality to Wii level.

LOL, things like NSMBU and even DKC: TF are pretty close to that ... they look like Wii games in 720p.

You can't water down graphics much further.

Then which games were Miyamoto talking about for the doubled costs? 3D World doesn't look better than Galaxy, same with SSB and Kart..

The worst case is those games did cost more, but their art style is so bland it looks bad anyway.

Oh come on.  Give me a break.  They do in fact look better, even if you don't like Nintendo.

HD games are very expensive to make.  They take longer to make, and you have to have almost double the amount of staff to create assets and textures, etc in HD quality.  Budgets from Wii to Wii U software have, at the very least, doubled.  Hence the numerous software delays, as well as Nintendo constantly hiring on more and more staff all the time. 

Couple that with the fact that many 3DS titles cost nearly as much to make as Wii games, and we have the current situation Nintendo finds themselves in.  Bitten off a little more than they can chew, but working diligently to work through the situation.