| Viper1 said: Kenny, I understand what you mean but on the flip side, we are getting Call of Duty 5, we stole Monster Hunter III and Fatal Frame 4 and I'm hearing lots more will be revealed at E3. The only one of late that bothered me is the new PoP title. I don't know how long ago Ubisoft planned the title but I'd suspect it was after the success of Wii become well known. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was planned long ago so it gets a free pass. Dvarca1231, don't forget, it takes 2-3 years of planning and development so we are still not quite beyond that point yet. E3 is going to shed a lot of light. |
I'm with Viper on this one, especially the point about how the 2-3 year development cycle means that we're just starting to see the tip of the iceberg when it comes to third party support. Remember, the Wii's domination was not widely accepted until a few months ago, when developers saw that it was still selling out over a year after release and doing very well for itself overseas. Remember also that even with multi-platform titles, it still takes a lot of effort to include a new console that you hadn't originally intended to work with. Look at Civilzation Revolution for a prime example: the Wii version was added in the middle of development because Firazis realized the Wii was not a fad, but they had to pull the Wii version a few months later because it simply was too inefficient to include it that late in the game.
I strongly suspect something similar happened with Prince of Persia, since it's an important franchise for Ubisoft and you can bet they've been working on that game for a long while now. Besides, the tide's already starting to turn in the Wii's favor. Crash Bandicoot has the Wii as its lead system, despite the fact that it's coming out for the 360 and PS3 as well. Sure, that's not a coup of Monster Hunter 3 proportions, but it's not something anyone would have seen coming before the Wii's launch, and I submit that it may be the first sign of things to come. Now,if third parties are still significantly snubbing the system a year from now, you guys can feel free to tell me how wrong I was. But I kind of doubt that I'm going to be.
