will ff13 revive ps3?

[MikeB]

FJ-Warez said:

MikeB said:
@ FJ-Warez

Do you realise this threadis about Japan and how bad is the PS3 loosing the market against the Wii???

I view the Wii and PS3 as two very distinct platforms, I don't see them directly competing for the long run.

If 3rd parties would suddenly put the bulk of their efforts behind the Wii it could become a problem. But currently however it's mainly just Nintendo and they never supported the Playstation brand well.

I know about your point of view, but is clear how the market is choosing one console, and how some devs are starting to choose it for more games than shovelware, if the Wii wasn't a thread for the PS3 in Japan why the jump of Monster Hunter???Even DQ could end up on the Wii after the DS version... those are big games...

And do I need to remind you how many of those "games" FF, MGS, DMC or RE5 started their dev time before the launch and success of the Wii??

If the devs doesn't port those games are due to several factors, but mostly for the money invested in those dev kits and developers, thats the bigger obstacle for the Wii... if those games were announced and developed after the clear succes of the WIi I would share your point of view, but thats not the case...

Why Monster Hunter for the Wii? I can imagine a lot of reasons, but it would be best to ask Capcom, which still continues to support the other consoles as well.

For one MH3 may not be up to spec to compete with other PS3 games currently under development and would thus be more suitable for the Wii and maybe PS2 (which could be under development, the PS2 has a huge install base for Japan and is proven to have a fanbase for the game). Secondly it could be Nintendo paid for this. In any case it will be easier to create a HD version with bells and whistles of a PS2/Wii targeted game for the PS3/360 than it would be to cut down the game back to lower end hardware (For instance you could design the game to have too much going on at once, with lower specced hardware struggling too much to keep up, the same goes for a potential Wii Dragon Quest game).

With regard to "FF, MGS, DMC or RE5" I agree it works into the advantage of the PS3, a lot of effort was made to make them run well on the PS3. So the developed game engine assets would go to waste if future games would not use these already established assets.