Rotten Graphics, is it the Wii's Fault, or Lazy Sloppy Programming?

[Viper1]

RolStoppable said:

Viper1 said:

You are correct, it is not the shareholders. However, it is the publishers. They fund the project, they determine the direction of the project.

Publisher direction is the biggest cause of crapware in the entire industry. They waltz in, lay down the money and proceed to tell the developer how THEY want the game.

This doesn't mean they demand crappy graphics but they post impossible deadlines, underfund, alter development priorities and enforce TRC that at times just don't make sense.

Didn't the guys from High Voltage Software say that this is the reason they haven't chosen a publisher yet? Because they want to make the game like they have envisioned it.

Also, let's pretend for a second that I don't know what TRC means.

Indeed that is exactly the case.

TRC = Technical Requirements Checklist.

This is given by the publisher or even the console maker to a developer.  It's a list of demands that must be included in the game.   If you don't meet the entire TRC, you don't get published or licensed to publish on their game system.