DonWii said:
DonWii said:
naznatips said:
ckmlb said:
There have been big 3rd party announcements all year for the 360 and PS3.
There weren't many new games announced at E3, but everyone was talking about how the Wii was gonna have a turn around with 3rd parties at E3 and nothing of the sort happened.
So when is this big 3rd party support supposed to come? I expect some Japanese support at TGS but I have no idea if they're gonna be any big games. |
I don't remember people suggesting specifically lots of 3rd party Wii stuff, though MoH Wii with 32 player online was pretty huge. Personally, I have said time and time again that since 3rd parties didn't anounce shift in focus for the Wii till a couple months ago, you won't see the effects of this shift till 2008. People jump on any opportunity to criticize the Wii though, so the creation of this topic does not surprise me (nor does your reply ckmlb). As far as TGS goes, it won't necessarily be Wii focussed but it will certainly be Nintendo focussed. DQIX and all those SE projects that are for Nintendo systems will take top stage. The Japanese don't care for the PS3 or 360 much, so I don't expect a whole lot of attention paid to those systems at TGS from 3rd parties. FFXIII may make an appearance, but again it's second stage to DQIX. Edit: Source shouldn't you have Katamari on there from Namco for Wii games? It was confirmed that the PS3 version was dropped in favor of a Wii version (a nasty little blow and certainly evidence of a shift). |
Well said, naznatips. Simple: Third parties made up their minds before the Wii launched that they would support PS3/360. Analysts did not expect it to sell, no one did. The PS3/360 projects coming out have been in development for a while. Once the Wii showed that it was here to stay, many third parties have begun to support it. Sure, quite a number of projects are quick cash ins, because they want to make some money this holiday season. They know the Wii is selling, will be selling in the holiday season. They are not going to have big projects ready, so they get out whatever they can. All of the simple/mini-games/ports are coming out this year. I did not hear any company announcing mini-games for 2008. They are putting everything in for the holiday. It is a last-minute strategy. Alongside these, however, there ARE good games coming. And, in 2008, we will see some of the bigger projects that third parties are cooking up. You could speculate that they are not coming, but I say they are being developed as we speak. |
@ckmlb, What I posted earlier, which you just happen to overlook, explains the current situation. As you said, games like No More Heores are what the Wii needs. However, Suda51 showed their support for the Wii early. Hence, why we are getting a quality title. Capcom and Konami, Zack and Wiki and Deweys Adventure, also unique solid titles that are coming to the Wii (Although I will admit that they look a tad to kid friendly for my own taste, but the gameplay seems uniqe andgreat). I have argued this many many times: Western based companies are the main leaders of casual stuff for the Wii. They are also some of the latest to realize the Wii's potential, and the ones throwing us some shovel ware. They have, along with many other big third party develpers, their bigger projects, which they started before they saw the success of the Wii, coming to the 360/PS3 this year and early next year. I wont argue that. But as you said yourself, "Believe me there is almost nothing on PS3 or 360 3rd party that I want to play as much as No More Heroes on the Wii." We just have to wait longer, because no one saw what a huge success the Wii would be. |
