Do you think R* should make a Wii version of GTAIV?

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Impulsivity said:

Quite simply GTA4 will not be on the Wii just like pretty much every next gen HD title is not on the Wii.  That's because the Wii is not an HD console. The Wii has more in common with the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube then the 360 and PS3. Yes the Wii is more powerful then the last gen consoles, but it isn't anywhere near the PS3 and 360. This does not mean they can't make any fun games for the Wii, they just can't port HD games or make games similar to the HD games.

Bully and most other ports to Wii tend to be PS2 ports since they are similar (manhunt also, Wii and PS2) Basically devs have to either make it Wii/PS2 or 360/PS3/PC due to the vastly different capacities. Wii games look a lot like gamecube games in all cases and nothing like PS3 games because the Wii took a different path. The Wii took the path of being a cheap console that plays significantly simpler games that don't require the kind of computing power a GTA4 or MGS4 require. Having that wide open world with quality graphics and no load times in GTA4 doesn't come cheap in terms of GPU and processor power. MGS4 is even more intensive and would be very hard to port even to the 360 (most of the time when they do 360 to PS3 comparisons that aren't in the PS3s favor by much its because games deved for both have to be reduced to be 360 friendly). If some high end PS3 games are more or less unportable to the 360 then obviously games for teh 360 and PS3 can in no way be ported to the Wii without a ground up redesign that makes GTA4 into something resembling GTA3:SA.

Also what's the point? I disagree that the Wii is ONLY for little kids, but the vast majority of Wii owners are either A)very casual and probably little kids or B) older and own the Wii plus either the 360 or the PS3 (or both). Most customers for games like GTA4 have one of the HD consoles, so why spend a bunch of money making a dumbed down version for the Wii? I guess the idea could make more sense if they port it to the PS2 as well (since the Wii and PS2 have similar requirements) but really it would just be the GTA4 story put into the body of the GTA3 engine.  They'd be better off porting more Teen or Everyone games that might actually make money on the Wii (maybe Carnival Games 2 or Immagine:manhunt)

In closing if you want high quality HD games, get an HD console. Otherwise be happy with the Gamecube quality rehashes with a different controller.

 

 Wow!!! I didn't read the whole of your post and given the length I thought you would be making alot of sense.  But my eye caught your last sentence.  Don't even know how to say what I think of it without getting bad so I think I will just say nothing.