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I don't think it will get good 3rd party support at all, at least a lot less than many could expect seeing as how it has the most sales in the home console section right now.
And comparing Wii and DS seems a little strange to me; the DS is a handheld, it costs roughly half and it sells quite a lot faster.
Also; it has no competition to speak of, so making most of the games on the DS rather than spreading it evenly doesn't involve much of a risk at all, the same can not be said for the Wii; developers simply can't turn their backs on HD, which is after all the media update that is growing the fastest beside the internet.



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RolStoppable said:
DS and Wii will be very similar in terms of 3rd party support. Japanese developers will put the vast majority of their games on Nintendo systems, while the American 3rd parties will mostly stick with the more powerful systems simply because their games generally tend to rely more on realistic graphic engines than on innovative and original gameplay. European 3rd parties will spread out their games rather evenly with the Nintendo systems getting slightly more support.

Well you couldnt have said it any better rol



 

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RolStoppable said:

Regards your signature: I really don't understand why you have MP3 in there, no Metroid game ever sold even 5m, so why would Corruption manage to get to 7m?


Looks like his signature is saying that MP3 probably won't make it past 6m.  Not sure how you turned that into MP3 will get to 7m.



i think it will but it will be slower then the DS-mainly due to having to go aganist 2 in sted of just one



 

RolStoppable said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
RolStoppable said:

Regards your signature: I really don't understand why you have MP3 in there, no Metroid game ever sold even 5m, so why would Corruption manage to get to 7m?


Looks like his signature is saying that MP3 probably won't make it past 6m. Not sure how you turned that into MP3 will get to 7m.


His signature originally stated that MP3 won't pass 7m, in his edit he predicts that it maybe will reach 3.5m. I was just wondering why he originally put MP3 up there as game that won't sell 7m units, because considering the history of the series it was a big stretch in any imaginable way.

Not sure what wasn't clear about my post in the first place, but I assume you are just bored today and want to annoy me, you Schwammerlgsicht.


So he edited it to make it closer to the currently perceived reality? Good.

Also I see you're making up words again. Well I won't stoop to that level you Sneetch.



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Mummelmann said:
Also; it has no competition to speak of, so making most of the games on the DS rather than spreading it evenly doesn't involve much of a risk at all, the same can not be said for the Wii; developers simply can't turn their backs on HD, which is after all the media update that is growing the fastest beside the internet.


What is this nonsense?

You're actually saying that because PSP games sales are no competition to DS game sales, DS games do not compete between each other? That's ridiculous. If anything, the competition between games on the DS is stronger than on other consoles.

That makes me think of Disgaea actually. The devs should have made it for the DS when there was no or few competition. Doing a port now is just too late, they just plain missed the opportunity, stupid as they are.

While Capcom, which are much smarter, just revived their Gyakuten Saiban franchise with the DS, when there was no competition.

Also, all the western devs are getting crushed by the japanese games. That's because they're the worst culprit of supporting the PSP fully, and leaving the DS support behind. It has come to bite them in the ass now.

I've no doubt it will be the same for the Wii.

Actually, I now understand that when people will say the Wii has no 3rd party support, that will actually mean no western 3rd party support. Which will be highly apparent, as the western devs who rely mostly on graphics for most of their games, will be all over XB360 + PS3.



ookaze said:

Actually, I now understand that when people will say the Wii has no 3rd party support, that will actually mean no western 3rd party support. Which will be highly apparent, as the western devs who rely mostly on graphics for most of their games, will be all over XB360 + PS3.


Neat.  The Wii gets Opoona while the 360 gets Mass Effect.  Fair trade right?



Mummelmann said:
And comparing Wii and DS seems a little strange to me; the DS is a handheld, it costs roughly half and it sells quite a lot faster.

there is a little-known site that u should check out to learn the truth about such things:

 

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=DS&reg2=All&cons3=Wii&reg3=All&weeks=156



Bets:Missed by 420k I bet leo-j vg$500 that wii will sell 31 million by 7/31/08.  Sorry, I don't think he has enough vg$ to make it with all of u that wish you could. Hit, with room to spare I bet kingofwale a 1-week ban that wii Americas ltd sales>360 Americas ltd sales as of the numbers for week ending 7/05/08 (using vgchartz homepage #s)

Predictions:

Wii will sell 18-20mil by 12/31/07  CHECKWii will sell 45mil+ WW by 12/31/08Wii will surpass PS2 sales WW by 11/17/11 (5yr anniversary)Wii Fit will hit 12mil sales in 2009MKWii+SSBB+Wii Fit+SMG > 50 mil sales by 2010 > gta4+mgs+gt5+ff13+haze+lbp
Fastrabbit09 said:
Mummelmann said:
And comparing Wii and DS seems a little strange to me; the DS is a handheld, it costs roughly half and it sells quite a lot faster.

there is a little-known site that u should check out to learn the truth about such things:

 

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=DS&reg2=All&cons3=Wii&reg3=All&weeks=156


Pfft, no one uses that website.  I read on urban dictionary that it has the most rabid fanboys on the internet.



Words Of Wisdom said:
Fastrabbit09 said:
Mummelmann said:
And comparing Wii and DS seems a little strange to me; the DS is a handheld, it costs roughly half and it sells quite a lot faster.

there is a little-known site that u should check out to learn the truth about such things:

 

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=DS&reg2=All&cons3=Wii&reg3=All&weeks=156


Pfft, no one uses that website.  I read on urban dictionary that it has the most rabid fanboys on the internet.

Holy crap I thought you were kidding! Here's what it says. And to the OP, no. The Wii could get close, but the DS just seems like too much of a beast and you have to admit the DS doesn't have much competition.

 


vgchartz 26 up, 25 down

A website that shows sales data for all of the next-gen consoles. Also includes forums where the most rabid fanboys to be found anywhere on the internet hang out.
Man, I was on vgchartz, and all I did was post one thread asking why the Wii was selling so much better than PS3, and I got torn apart by Sony fanboys!


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