Greenberg: Publishers 'struggle' on Wii

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Greenberg: Publishers 'struggle' on Wii

Saturday 3-Apr-2010 2:04 PM 360 has "the best development tools" says Xbox product boss

Xbox product director Aaron Greenberg has claimed that third party publishers "have struggled" on Wii - and that Xbox 360 has the "best development tools" of any console.

Greenberg also claimed that over 70 per cent of third party publishers were creating software for Project Natal - support that exists because these firms have "thrived" on Xbox 360.

"Over 70 per cent of third parties that are selling games today are actively making games for Project Natal," Greenberg told the April issue of Edge. "That's impressive for something so new, that doesn't even have an installed base yet.

"A couple of things play into that: People know we're a software company, we have the best tools and internal support; and second, people who buy Xbox 360 buy a lot of games. Third parties have really thrived on our platform.

"Look at Wii - while it's done really well, third parties have struggled, so we've left a lot of room for people to believe in the ecosystem, and Natal is a part of that."

Issue 213 of Edge is out now. Buy your copy of Edge and have it delivered to your door.

Wasn't there a graph that showed third party games sell better on the Wii?

I don't see how anything Greenburg says to Edge (or any other publication) could damage Sony's "precious baby".

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Greenburg... Again.

I think he is now the undisputed king of PR trashtalk and bullshit.

Chris Jericho beat Greenberg 3 times!

He's basically saying the same thing we've heard many times from third parties. EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and others simply aren't seeing the sales they should be seeing on the Wii considering its marketshare.

At the end of the day it's better for third parties to have Microsoft dominant over both Nintendo and Sony since it takes a smaller share of total game sales when compared to the other two. Nintendo sees third parties as direct competitors while Sony has made it obvious they're working on building first parties at the expense of third parties (reduction in moneyhats, etc).

Wow CGI, you ended this thread early. Nothing else really needs to be said on the subject.

Thanks for helping me prove my point.  Imagine what that chart would look like if the 360 was the one with an installed base of 69.56 million and the Wii had 39.06 million.

What do the X and Y axis represent on that graph?

And when is that graph from?