I expected the best lineup this home generation in Wii.

Yes it will.


Game development is typically 2-3 years long. This means that a majority of all the 3rd party games out right now were planned and in development prior to the launch of the Wii.

Now that the Wii is the success most 3rd parties never saw coming, they are reallocating their efforts towards Wii. Recall last year when dozens of 3rd parties stated they'll now support Wii or even open a whole new studio just to support Wii. Well the fruition of that change of heart will be more apparent by the end of this year to early next year.

3rd party support for Wii will in time return the NES/SNES glory days.

Should be good, after this years E3 people will change their minds.

No it won't.

The best game developers want to make games to push their limits and ideas to the max. Games like MGS4 and Fable2...

The rest like EA, Ubisoft and the new Sega want to just make money... wii will have lots of games from those companies.

No hard drive + lack of HD graphics + lack of a decent online component + constant need to waggle the wii mote in ways it wasn't waggled before put wii in difficult spot with 3rd party devs.

Let me explain my waggle point as some may not understand what I mean...



Bioware game designer: "We have this new awesome RPG coming out for the wii"

EA exec: "Wow, this game is amazing...but its on the wii...where are the wii mini games? where is the part when you paint the fence even though it doesn't belong in this game? Back to the design room Mr. Bioware designer!!!"

Bioware designer: "But this game doesn't need those aspects"

EA exec: "Then why didn't we make it for the ps360? it would look better and be much bigger in scope with amazing online?"

I think it is already coming.

Mike from Morgantown

Yes, it will.

@disolitude: Well, that would be where EA fails, not the rest of 3rd parties. They can make excuses as much as they want, but the more Wii sells, the more different types of games are going to sell on it. Now, wouldn't it be stupid not to make the type of games that sell on the platform? If for example EA doesn't make "the first move" someone else will.

Disolitude, did you put any thought into that or are you just trying to sound like a fanboy? I'm gathering the latter over the former.


First off, all...I repeat, ALL 3rd parties are out to make money. While the noble idea of wanting to make the best experience they can is quite possibly high on their list of attributes, money is number 1 for them all. It's a fact of business that most of us gamers don't like to entertain.

To consider your imaginative conversation for a moment, then all games should be played on a PC. Or to consider consoles only, last generation should have been Xbox only instead of the weaker powered PS2.


Then we must explore your other notion. That the gaming experience is of the utmost importance to the developer. In which case it is completely subjective to which console can deliver the perfect rendition of their artistic experience and therefore the Wii can very well compete with the HD consoles by providing a more robust interactive experience that submerses the player as a more active participant more so than merely a button masher. Does the developer want to you simply press play to listen to their orchestra.....or have you conduct it yourself?

At any rate, either notion suggests the Wii is clearly in place to entice a larger portion of the 3rd party pie.

disolitude said: No it won't. The best game developers want to make games to push their limits and ideas to the max. Games like MGS4 and Fable2... The rest like EA, Ubisoft and the new Sega want to just make money... wii will have lots of games from those companies. No hard drive + lack of HD graphics + lack of a decent online component + constant need to waggle the wii mote in ways it wasn't waggled before put wii in difficult spot with 3rd party devs. Let me explain my waggle point as some may not understand what I mean... Bioware game designer: "We have this new awesome RPG coming out for the wii" EA exec: "Wow, this game is amazing...but its on the wii...where are the wii mini games? where is the part when you paint the fence even though it doesn't belong in this game? Back to the design room Mr. Bioware designer!!!" Bioware designer: "But this game doesn't need those aspects" EA exec: "Then why didn't we make it for the ps360? it would look better and be much bigger in scope with amazing online?"

I will not feed the troll, I will not feed the troll, I will not feed the troll...

Viper1 said: Disolitude, did you put any thought into that or are you just trying to sound like a fanboy? I'm gathering the latter over the former. - 1 First off, all...I repeat, ALL 3rd parties are out to make money. While the noble idea of wanting to make the best experience they can is quite possibly high on their list of attributes, money is number 1 for them all. It's a fact of business that most of us gamers don't like to entertain. To consider your imaginative conversation for a moment, then all games should be played on a PC. Or to consider consoles only, last generation should have been Xbox only instead of the weaker powered PS2. -2 Then we must explore your other notion. That the gaming experience is of the utmost importance to the developer. In which case it is completely subjective to which console can deliver the perfect rendition of their artistic experience and therefore the Wii can very well compete with the HD consoles by providing a more robust interactive experience that submerses the player as a more active participant more so than merely a button masher. Does the developer want to you simply press play to listen to their orchestra.....or have you conduct it yourself? - 3 At any rate, either notion suggests the Wii is clearly in place to entice a larger portion of the 3rd party pie.

 

1. Why are people always on this site acused of being fanboys when they criticise Nintendo? I got a wii 2 months after it came out... this is deffinetly a sign of a nintendo hater. You people really freak me out actually...you remind me of Christians in the American southern states...blind faith + 1.

2. Why was doom 3, Halflife 2, Far cry and ninja gaiden done on xbox only. They would have made gallons of money on ps2...but the experience would have been compromised. Hence developers decided to go with xbox only. Doom 3 and far cry was even in development for ps2 but they were scrapped. Difference between xbox and ps2 is much smaller than difference between wii and ps360 so you make the call on what are the odds of seeing GTA5 or RE5 on the Wii.

3. Again you prove my point..conducting an orchestra, painting a fence, cutting a tree...yes wii will do those parts in games great. However, you can not base a whole game on one gameplay mechanic...therefore you have to put it in as mini games or mini quests. Mario Gallaxy and Smash brothers would control better as a whole with a gmaecube controller...very few people will deny that.

In any case, I think that if what you people saying is true, and game devs start using the wii as their main develping platform, the whole industry will be taking a step backwards until wii gets a hard drive or some decent online support and a normal controller for 80% of games out there that don't need to have random stick waggling. Not to mention the loss in visual quality we will lose if this trend takes place...

yes.User base much larger..and developing games is cheaper