What will happen to 3rd parties that ditch the Wii and continue on ps360?

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Viper1 said:

Squilliam said:

(...) but what I wonder about is the fact that PES 2008 sold so BADLY on the Wii.

2 issues.

 

A. The Playstation brand has always been associated with the PES brand so most previous PES series owners instincts were to go for the PS version.

B. It came out months after the PS3/X360 version.

 

Actually, I don't think it matters much that it came much after the PS3/360 version. More important is the fact that it came much later than the PS2 and PC versions as well. Those are the two platforms most likely to overlap with the Wii in terms of userbase, for obvious reasons (PS2 for Japan, PS2 and PC for Europe, and America doesn't matter as PES isn't popular there).

When the PS2/PC versions came out, I'd bet that the vast majority of PES fans didn't even know there would be a Wii version. Fast forward a few months, why buy another version of a game you already have?