Just Dance saved Ubisoft's ass. Screw them, ungrateful.

Well, I enjoy playing my so-called "refurbished Gamecube" so I don't care about what one game designer from Ubisoft says about it :P.

I'm pretty sure they would have done just fine without Just Dance.

Assassin's Creed 2 selling 8 Million units within a year should keep them smiling. Nevermind the lower-tier games like Splinter Cell Conviction or whatever they released on DS.

People who think the Wii is NEEDED for developers to do well are just as ignorant as people like this guy in the OP.

Boo hoo. The problem with these game artists is that they forget they are in a BUSINESS. They are not making games for themselves, they're making them for CONSUMERS.

There are shader operations the Wii can do that the GC cannot do.  While it's not a huge increase in the shader library, new ones do exist.   Thera are also more pipes in the TEV.  Also having a faster CPU, GPU, RAM (and more) and buses allows for more shader ops at any given moment over the GC.

A "refurbished" GC would mean no changes at all.  It's actually a misnomer completely.  To be refurbished, a unit would need to be broken and merely restored to original spec and operation.

The mere fact that Wii has new hardware voids his statement completely.

I cannot believe it is 2010 and we still have people claiming Wii to be no more powerful than the GC.  I implore you all who share that belief to do some actual research instead of hanging on to the ficticious ramblimgs of fanboys.

Certain art appeals to certain people though.

Much like certain consoles appeal to certain people.

Hence, that said art doesn't do as well on certain consoles.

Look at the recent sales of Madden 11 as a perfect example. The PS3 version sold 5 times more than the Wii version, despite the Wii userbase in NA being 3 times larger...

Sometimes. The consumers just aren't there.

And the so-called refurbished Gamecube has been beating the hell out of its competitores every year since it launched. Yeah, I'll admit it's not as powerful as the HD twins, but a LOT of developers have made great titles with its "less is more" approach

I didn't say it doesn't matter at all. But to have the bestselling games on two systems, and not have them on another, is just assuming correlation=causalition, which is a major logical fallacy. Again, those games are not only on those systems. They are ALSO of mainstream quality AND have marketing. So far, few major Wii games of the kind the "harcore" likes have either, and none have had them to the degree that makes them sell well. Even Monster Hunter needed true local co-op, since that was a major factor in them selling on the PSP (the ad hoc wi-fi).

underpowered console 73m

"amazing" powerful HD consoles 79m

people like their HD gaming too

That doesn't count, since the power is not what sold them, and they are only combined when it's them versus the Wii. Until it is done when it's them versus each other, it's flat out hypocray.