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totalwar23 on 28 February 2008
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LordTheNightKnight said:
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I just want to make it clear that there are reasons not to port a game. I just don't find the reasons given here against the Wii legitimate, at least not in the blanket terms being used.

except it won't be a port, aleast in the conventioal way. No one has answered my question here. Why won't capcom port DMC4 or Lost planet to the Wii when they are all too eager to port RE4, RE0, and Okami instead?


Let me tell you RE4, Okami and RE0 those games were based on last generation of graphics and those games could be easiely ported and could save time and money. The games that are mentioned DMC 4 and Lost Planet are not easiely ported and it would need extreme reworking in physics and etc. To be honest Wii is no a Ps3 so it cannot produce those games. Of course they could do it, nothing stops them but you may call Capcom kinda lazy for not wanting to rework everything. Maybe if wii was more to the level of Ps3 and Xbox then you would see it for sure. Let me tell you don't want Lost planet. There's my answer.


Exactly,and that's my point-so I don't why LordTheNightKnight keeps pushing this. Capcom simply can't just port the game. They have to rework the game. Whether or not they decide it's worth it or not-it's up to them, not to us.


I didn't claim they could "just port" it. I know things would have to be redone. My dispute is the assumption that the work would always be too much to be worth it. For some small developers, it would be, but Capcom is not a small developer.


But as I said, that's not for us to decide, it's Capcom's decision and they apparently don't think it's worth it.


You misread what I wrote. I wasn't duscussing DMC4 specifically. I was discussing the blanket assumption for any such game.

And it was the game's producer who stated that not an exec at Capcom. They may decide not to, but that doesn't mean it can't be done.


Any game is possible on the Wii. I thought that was settle. Hey, they made CoD4 for the DS but does that mean you'll get the same experience on the handheld as the console versions? Secondly, why are you writing off the producer's statement? He produced a couple of games for the GCN, including RE4. His words wouldn't carry weight? Look at what Jade Raymond said about a Wii version for Assassin's Creed? Is Ubisoft making a Wii version of AC? Now, where was I? Capcom took the time to port Lost Planet to the PS3 after year of release on the 360. I personally thought that was unnecessary and would be unsuccessful but they did it anyways as well making a PC version, but there's no Wii version. Based on their actions, it's clearly obvious there won't be a Wii version of DMC4. Who actually expected one in the first place? The Wii is clearly leading in console sales but Capcom hasn't even announced RE5 Wii yet. Hell, the reason why they decided to move MH3 to the Wii was not because they thought it would bring more sales but because a PS3 version was too expensive. Now, we see this pattern of games for the PS3/360/PC but the Wii version is always left out from Western devs as well. It's not a coincidence because any Wii version is basically like an exclusive unless it gets share with the PS2. Ghostbusters is another example. 360/PS3 gets the main version, Wii and PS2 shares the secondary, cartoony version. The Wii is going to get its own share of games but be realistic-publishers aren't going to make Wii versions of games designed for the PS3/360/PC. You're not going to get the same or a "little downgrade" experience no matter how hard they try to "port" it. I thought what I'm saying here is pretty obvious