Azzanation said:
How hard is it to understand that business is all about money and relationships. Devs don't just make games for whats hot, they make games depending on the deals first. If they cant find a good enough deal they will go elsewhere or use there foresight on which machine they prefer. Example - A dev who makes MMOs will obviously make a game for PC due to the audience it attracts however if they find a good enough deal, that MMO will cross over to a different system. Marketshare means little because machines like the Gamecube had plently of 3rd party support and that was agasint the PS2 which in terms of sales was on another level. Why would devs make games for the Gamecube if the marketshare is such a big factor in your eyes? Because of deals, all companies do it, just like Sony, and Microsoft. You want something, you have to pay for it. |
Actually, using the Capcom 5 as an example, the support was made on good will. Capcom voluntarily wanted to show that the GCN was a capable machine, so they promised 5 exclusive games, to boost sales and show that the console had 3rd party support.
When the GCN kept selling like shit, they decided to 3 out of the 4 that they actually made (Dead Phoenix was cancelled). They put those multiplatted games on PS2, not Xbox. Why? Marketshare.
Also, define "plenty" of 3rd party support. Exclusives or just games being released on the console? The Wii had "plenty of 3rd party support", but it wasn't because of games too many people are bragging about. In terms of exclusives, there was only 91 GCN exclusives, total. Many of which were obviously Nintendo games. So that doesn't leave much to the argument of "plenty" of support, if you're talking about exclusives.
