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HappySqurriel on 21 June 2008
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Ail said:
HappySqurriel said:

The entire business model of most console and PC hardware manufacturers, as well as the business model of most third party publishers is centered around the need for newer "better" graphics to sell their products ... Those that refuse to see the merit in a product like the Wii are rapidly going to go out of business because they can not see outside of the tiny mental-box they've trapped themself in.

Consoles have a major advantage because they can more easily switch everything up (new user interfaces, VR-Goggles, etc.) in order to continue growing the industry when processing power alone can not do it; by having a standard set-up for all users developers can more readily take advantage of the new-ness of a console and create something meaningfull.

 

 Actually I would doubt the fact that Sony or MSFT business is centered around the need to upgrade to better/newer consoles seeing how they sell hardware at a loss and only make profit on software.

It's in their interest that consoles lifetime increases so that they have to develop a new gen less often....

The only company that makes a profit our of selling consoles is Nintendo.. So weirdly once they have saturated the market in a few years, they will be the one that will benefit the most from switching to the next gen financially..

 

 PS : and please spare us the 'developers that don't start developing for the Wii are doom crap..' There's plenty of developers out there not doing it and doing pretty well right now...

I think both you and Legend11 completely missed the point ...

Its not about whether they do or do not develop for the Wii, its whether they see merit in the approach that Nintendo is taking with the Wii; it is well known that some developers who are producing games for the Wii don't (really) see the merit in it (like Ubisoft), and there are developers with limited exposure to the Wii who don't have much exposure to the Wii who see merit in the approach.

The fact of the matter is that a company like id software, that produces overly generic games that are graphically impressive, is at high risk after we've hit a graphical plateau because the only way they know how to improve games becomes meaningless ...

 

Anyways, I shouldn't be surprised by your lack of understanding; any time anyone mentions the Wii in any thread you completely ignore what they're saying and insult the poster simply because he doesn't subscribe to your (and many other) posters delusion that somehow every developer can thrive in a market where you have to produce a $40 to $100 Million game.