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noname2200 on 24 April 2008
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RolStoppable said:
 


I can't say that I am really familiar with the entire library of the PSP, but you have a point there that it has better support from Japanese 3rd parties than from Western 3rd parties, so it's really more of a handheld thing. Most of the Western games are/were simply ports of PS2 games while Japanese publishers made many new games based on their popular IPs. Btw, God of War is irrelevant to this discussion because it's a Sony game.

But I stand by my point that Japanese publishers were backing the Wii better so far and still are for the rest of this year at least. Games already out like RE4, RE:UC, Okami, Zack & Wiki from Capcom or the not everyone's cup of tea and not that great, but decent Sega games Super Monkey Ball, Sonic, NiGHTS along with Atlus' two Trauma Center games and Grasshoppers' No More Heroes, that's actually not that bad of a lineup. Upcoming games like Capcom's We Love Golf, Namco's Tales of Symphonia 2 and Fragile, Sega's Sonic Unleashed and some other stuff I don't remember look promising.

In terms of exclusives games build for the Wii, Japanese publishers are definitely ahead of Western publishers. Then again, that's not too much of a surprise since EA and Ubisoft are known for making most of their games multiplatform. But a Wii exclusive game has better chances of turning out good than a port. So yeah, I put my money on Japanese publishers to make more good Wii games than Western publishers in the foreseeable future.


 I was thrown off by the fact that God of War on the PSP was developed by Ready at Dawn: I'd completely forgotten that Sony was the publisher. My bad. As for the rest, you definitely have a point. I still think you're being a little too harsh on the Western developers, but you certainly have good reasons to support your position. Personally, I'm looking forward to about an equal mix of Western and Eastern games, which may be why my perceptions are skewed, but to each his onw. And I have to agree that Capcom's stepped up quite nicely: they've given us four great games so far, and We Love Golf is supposed to be equally awesome.

In any case, thanks for being a good sport and engaging me in this discussion. I need to get to ready for bed now, but I enjoyed our conversation. Take care, and see you later.