| Smidlee said: I repeat what I stated a few months back ago. If the Big N want to make a game with a lot of work put into graphics then of course it would put all their effort to max out their own console.(that's a no brainer) But if a third party want to invested into maxing out a console graphics then they have a choose of which console they want to max out. More likely they would choice to max out PS3/360 rather than spending the same effort in maxing out the wii knowing to PS3/360 owners graphic matters more than wii owners. Either way there are only a few game of any given console where the developer spend the resources to max out the console's capabilities.
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I think you're subtly making the same mistake I saw someone else making in this thread (or was it somewhere else?).
According to all the info I've heard, the lower development costs on the Wii are not mainly due to lower engine programming costs. Most of the savings come from needing less graphical artists to produce textures and geometric models.
Since the Wii has lower resolution and processing speed than PS360 games, you don't need as much detail in the textures and models, which allows you to hire less artists. The same artist will produce more (but less detailed) content while working on a Wii game than when working on a HD game. Two textures instead of one in one hour. Three characters instead of two in a week. Two levels instead of one in a month. I pulled all those numbers out of my ass, but you get the point.
This means that maxing out the Wii in terms of graphics is still cheaper than maxing out one of the HD consoles. To make it even worse, when making a HD game you typically have to develop your game for two platforms, since it's hard to financially justify making PS3 or 360 exclusive games (unless you get a moneyhat from MS/Sony, in which case you probably won't worry much about costs anyway).
My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957
