| rocketpig said: BTW, did it occur to a single person in this thread that when the Wii replacement hits, it will probably be on par with the PS3 or 360? Meaning that UE3 will run on it from launch... Why on Earth would Epic devote those kinds of resources to make a Wii engine when in 3-4 years, they'll have the Wii 2 market drop right into their lap? |
Because all the developers who made a killing on the Wii and are looking to put out a Wii 2 version of their game will stick with a scaled-up version of the engine they used to make their Wii titles. Gamebryo, Quantum 3, various in-house engines such as Square's Crystal Tools and whatever Factor 5 is calling their creation.
I'm sure UE3 will be able to compete with all these engines, but ceding the Wii engine market away means that a lot of these devs will be tempted to use an old, familiar toolset revamped for Wii 2 rather than license a new, unfamiliar product.
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