What makes you think it would be a half-assed port? Capcom has shown they can make great ports of their games, even if they have to downgrade.

I'm not saying the game will come to the Wii, just that there is no real basis for the port being shoddy. 

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well there is just a temptation to make a half-arsed port for very little cost which would still sell loads. I would prefer a completely new game which is definitely going to be top quality.

I'm not attacking her because she doesn't want to pay money to get everything, I'm attacking her because she thinks anyone who didn't make the same console choice as her has no right to play the game.  In fact, she doesn't think the 360 and PS3 have any rights to good games based on her posts above. That sickens me.

 I just think she just comes as more of a nut myself that thinks the 360/PS3 just aren't good enough (the Diet Coke of gaming-- just not enough) rather than the people have no right to play the game...

I'm not even arguing that petitions don't work.

I'm arguing that releasing two games onto a console and then releasing another one in the same series on a different console is idiocy and is a great way to divide your userbase.

There are a lot of Wii owners who bought RE4, RE:UC and no doubt would have bought RE5 but won't because it's on a console which requires a minimum of another $400 investment to acquire.

Not that I'm surprised, mind you: Capcom is no stranger to idiocy (like its rampant PSP support while the DS is crushing it in sales).

It's just idiotic for devs to divide their franchise fanbase between multiple consoles. Pick one and stick with it.

I don't think you realize almost no port costs a lot of money in the first place. Aside from being done after the fact, a port is the same principle as a multiplatform game. Multiplatform games are known to cost a mere ten to fifteen percent of the original game. Until someone tells us otherwise, we can assume ports cost about that much, since everything is already done, aside from coding on the new system.

Basically, the ports of RE4 cost a fraction of what RE4 did at first, and those are still considered quality ports (aside from the PC version, but that wasn't done by Capcom). They aren't perfect, but cutting a few corners is not half-assing it. 

First of all, there have been internet petitions that worked. Elder Scrolls IV was ported to Japan, thanks to a petition, and Bioshock got a collector's edition due to one, although those were western developers, to Capcom remains to be seen here.

Second, I do think that if RE5 gets a port on the Wii (likely from sales of the current Wii RE games), Capcom may as well port RE4 to the 360, just so fans can experience that game.

Third, Capcom does support the DS. The Ace Attorney series has been a Nintendo handheld exclusive from the beginning. It's what people will buy that determines their support. Resident Evil DS did only moderately well, while Monster Hunter 1 & 2 are the two million-selling PSP games in Japan, so they do have reason to support the PSP as well.