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HappySqurriel on 02 June 2008
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kingofwale said:
HappySqurriel said:

My main thought with Ubisoft at the moment is "Why on earth would you choose to put Beyond Good and Evil on the HD consoles?"

Beyond Good and Evil was a very enjoyable game and its greatest strengths was was its stylish and colorful (HD Translation: Childish) art style, and its accessable and creative gameplay (HD Translation: Casual); basically, everything which the HD console owners seem to reject.

I could be wrong, but I'm starting to expect a replay of Psychonaughts where a large budget, high qualty, very unique game bombs because they didn't target the gamers who would apprieciate the game the most. There are two platforms on the market right now which are (entirely) focused on creative and unique gameplay experiences and somehow Ubisoft decided to release its most creative and unique game on the other platforms which tend to reject creative and unique gameplay experiences in favour of generic "HD" shooters ...


now, I don't work for Ubisoft, so I can't speak for their financial dealings. But still, I shall try my best to answer.

 

Why? More than a few reasons.

1... their first game was on Sony, so there's a recognition factor.

2... sales number-wise HD Consoles > Wii

3... Being the TOP Casual game in HD consoles vs competition for market share with 32423432 other casual games. Ubisoft has obviously made the decision to draw casual fans themselves, as oppose to rely on Wii's existing fanbase.

4... On platforms that are KNOWN to reward good games vs on platforms that more likely to reward KNOWN characters. Heck, I don't think Ubisoft has that advantage. 


1) The first game was on the Gamecube, XBox, PS2 and PC so the "recognition factor" will be equal (bad considering the previous sales) across all platforms.

2) This may be the point at the moment, but being that the Wii has been outselling the HD consoles combined for awhile and Beyond Good and Evil 2 won't be out for quite awhile this (potentially) will not be the case upon release of the game; and even if they have outsold the Wii the margin will not be large enough to compensate for the (dramatically) higher development cost

3) BG&E is no more casual than Mario, Zelda, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Banjo Kazooie, and Kameo ... As you can see there is quite a bit of competition on all consoles

4) Grand Theft Auto 4, Call of Duty 4, Metal Gear Sold 4, and Halo 3 and most other big selling HD games are sequels of huge franchises; all consoles tend to reward known franchises.