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Stever89 on 09 April 2008
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venepe said:
... "You want the game just get another console" to this I say that some fans may not think that purchasing another console for just one game is worth the investment, and second because somehow thay do not want to "betray" their brand of choice. I know there must be some PS3 or 360 fans out there that want to playa Nintendo exclusive but do not think its worth the console purchase. Also I know there are PS3 and 360 fans that would get enrage if the next game of a previously exclusive franchise went to the Wii. Its natural.

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The number one reason one great game or a few good games, or even a select few great games, will not "save" a console.

I really dislike these discussions. RE5 is going to the PS3/360. That's where Capcom placed their bets. With the showing of RE4 and RE:UC on the Wii though, it's obvious that there's demand for a real RE game, that could really sell bucketloads. If a remake can sell 1.25 million or so, and an on-rail shooter can sell >1 million, the former suffering from some not wanting to get it because they already played RE4 (though I guess the controls could make it worth it), and the latter suffering from being a less popular genre. So a real, built from scratch game has the potential to sell (I would imagine) upwards of 2 million dollars. If anyone thinks building a game ground up for the Wii wouldn't be worth it if the game only sold 2 million units, is not thinking straight, because few games will ever reach that sales level anyway. So if building a game for the Wii that could sell 2 million isn't worth it, then making any game for the PS3 isn't worth it at all, because the higher dev costs, combined with the lower sales (only 4 games have hit 2 million), would just not be worth it, if that's how you think.

 

Besides if Capcom was to do RE5 for Wii, it would be a better idea for them to do RE5 PS2.
Last I checked 120 Millions > 23 millions...

So basically you guys are just asking for RE5 to be a pale copy of RE4 and not show any technical advancement over the last game in the serie...

If there wasn't "any technical advancement over the last game" then I could see why they would just make it for the PS2... except that there is room for technical advancement, so it's not like the game could be built on the Wii and then run on the PS2, unless they scaled it down a lot.