| Bodhesatva said: That post was verbose, Legend, I'm sorry. Let me summarize: I agree that third parties are struggling on the Wii in the face of Nintendo's overwhelming success. But what should they do about it? Just leave Nintendo to control 50% of the market all by itself and singlehandedy make 3/4 of all the profit in the industry? Should every other company in the entire industry fight over the 1/4 of profits left over? The Wii clearly isn't the third party machine that the 360 is, but it's also much more popular worldwide and significantly more profitable. What are third parties supposed to do? I ask that question honestly: I really don't see a great solution here. |
I find this whole argument mystifying because so many 3rd parties used to do just fantastic on Nintendo consoles, like Capcom, Konami, Hudson, Square, etc.
If you ask older gamers what games defined the systems like the NES and SNES, they're undoubtedly going to list Street Fighter, Contra, Castlevania, Bomberman, Megaman, Final Fantasy, etc. (unless they're an idiot or a troll trying to make a fallacious point).
They never seemed to have a problem competing with Nintendo's 1st party titles then and they clearly survived from the profits of doing so because they're still around today.
So you have to ask yourself: why is it such a flipping problem to compete with them now? Does Capcom not like putting piles of cash behind their games and the ADVERTISING of games anymore?
If kids were buying SNESes for Street Fighter 10 years ago (and they were), how the hell can it be impossible for Capcom to not be able to replicate that success today?
"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks
