A hypothetical discussion

[Bodhesatva]

Blue3 said:

Bodhesatva said:

Blue3 said:
Is this a artist thing only conversation. Or can other reasons be included in the reason they wont make wii games.

 

Absolutely, please do comment Blue3. You could argue -- reasonably I think -- that people won't develop for the Wii for a number of reasons, only one of which are the hardware's limitations.

1 - Well devs banked on the succes of the PS3 making game technology that needed PS3 power. Millions were invested in next gen gaming while wii was looked on as a joke. Its hard shifting recources to the wii now, expecially when you can always take your product and throw it on PS3/360/PC.

2 - Competing with Nintendo/Miyamoto, its damn near impossible to beat them. Except for maybe Square with an Rpg can you see anyone making a wii game better then Nintendo themselfs ?

2.1 - Sales, using the DS/PSP as example of the future yes the Ds outnumbers the PSP 2-1 yet the highest selling 3rd party game is on the PSP, there is really in no great reason for 3rd partys to flok to the wii while adandnoning PS3/360 becasue its outselling them.

2.5 - sales, on quite a few occasions a wii game has failed to out sell the PS3 game. Now think 360/PS3 version vs Wii. Madden 1.6 milllion for 360, 386k for PS3 359k for Wii, Is it worth it to make a wii version if at the end of the day the wii sales are only 15% of total sale. (used Madden just as example)

3 - More dependable demographic, a tried and true shooter and you got great sales. Making a game for the wii demographic is harder. This might not make much sense.

 

 

I think all of these are good points, save one (which I will comment on). I'd add to your list that a PS3 game can easily be ported to the 360 (for additional profit) while the same can't be said of a Wii game. I know this doesn't support the PS3 exclusively, but it still helps. 

And I absolutely agree that development for the PS3/360 won't come to a halt, even if sales trends remain as they are. My personal totally-made-up projection would be (assuming the Wii does actually win the generation) that the Wii would have 100 very good or excellent games, while the PS3 and/or 360 would have about 70 or 80. In other words, even if the Wii "wins," it's not as if the higher end consoles won't see a good deal of amazing games. Not even just a few gimme ones, either. A good, strong portion.

The one point I disagree with is your PSP/DS comparison. To be honest, DS took developers by surprise almost as much as the Wii did; many of the best 3rd party games are on the PSP system. There are no Metal Gears or Grand Theft Autos on the DS. Only recently have serious third party DS games been developed; first the Final Fantasy remake, and now a new Final Fantasy (which has sold better than the recently released PSP version, by the way) and a new Ninja Gaiden. So I'm not saying you're wrong, necessarily -- but one should note that the heavy hitting 3rd party titles have been on the PSP. Put simply: the DS has no 3rd party title like Grand Theft Auto. It's hard to know if a blockbuster 3rd party title like that would sell well on the DS, because there aren't any yet. A few are on their way, though, so we'll see how they do when they arrive here in the states.