Words Of Wisdom said:
To be fair, I'm sure many JRPGs would be better on the PS3. JRPG controls are almost all pretty much the same. Select menu item, watch battle scene. Push button, scroll through dialogue. The Wii's unique controls are not going to add much to this genre unless the genre's key features are retooled or otherwise modified. For someone who truly appreciates and enjoys the way the games work currently, that's not a good thing. If the PS3 alternative is not only keeping the controls you like, but doing so with enhanced graphics, larger and more lush environments, and more... there's really no comparison. The PS3 option wins hands-down. I disagree to a point with some of what Onna says, but I'm right with her when it comes to traditional RPGs and that's okay. RPG developers should choose the platform that will allow them to create the best game possible, not necessarily just the one that you or I own. ^_^ Onna, please correct me if my thoughts are way off base. |
I'd agree... yet i'd also disagree. I mean, if you look at nearly every RPG that isn't Final Fantasy you see RPGs that never pushed the boundries graphically. Most like your Suikodens and Disgaeas are low budget afairs (which Disgaea 3 looks like Disgaea 1.)
System is basically meaningless as far as tech specs go. If it wasn't for the Wii for some of the smaller budget and best loved RPGs i'd fear that they would get unnoticed and outpriced by the false "minimium" level of graphics that people seem to hold up the HD cosnoles too. (Like when people complain a game isn't the right resolution.)
In fact, considering the razor thin budjets RPGs are made on, (since they sell to a very niche audience.) i'd argue that you might end up with less on PS3 then you would on Wii. Basically if you spent the same small budget you'd get more from the familiar though less powered Wii then you would the powerful but unknown cell. (which requried extremely optimized code.)
For example, lets look at Disgaea 3. Why did it take so long to make? Because Nippon Ichi spent like... a year studying the PS3 before they programmed anything. Disgaea 3 sold fine for a disgaea game, however it will likely take a few more PS3 games before he "makes back" his lost time spent studying the engine. This may be why we have suddenly seem a vast number of cheap Nippon Ichi remakes for the hand held consoles.
If you have a hefty budget to throw around and are making a really expensive RPG like Final Fantasy, the PS3 makes most sense for making the "best" rpg.
However if you are talking about your average JRPG. I think Wii development would give you more bang for your buck. If the Wii didn't exist I'd wonder if we'd be getting a lot of the mid to low range budget RPGs which are the ones usually most loved by the RPG core. Or if so, they might not live up to their PS2 namesakes.
