ckmlb said: stof said: Aren't most of the big teams that make major games still working on the same PS3/360 games that were announced long before the Wii hit the scene? Essentially your asking "Why aren't more dev's announcing major games while in the middle of other major game development? |
What about all these 3rd party games that keep getting announced now for 360 and PS3? Not all of these games were being worked on before the Wii sold welll... |
The reasonable people here are not saying that 360/PS3 development is simply going to stop, that it is going to go from 90 percent 3rd party development to 0 percent in the course of a month. It's a very gradual change.
Simple example: we can verify that the following games were in development when the Wii and PS3 launched.
Resident Evil 5
GTA IV
Final Fantasy XIII
Devil May Cry IV
Metal Gear Solid IV
Tekken 6
That's nearly every key third party "hardcore" franchise in existance. Not only does this explain why such games aren't coming out on the Wii, but it explains why these key developmental resources -- some of the top devs in the industry -- are still locked in to 360/PS3 projects.
If we can agree that the developmental split between the Wii and 360/PS3 in terms of funds was somewhere around 15/85 when the systems launched, I expect it to be around 30/70 by year's end, and I expect that ratio to continue to increase, albeit slowly. Which highlights my point; this isn't some dramatic, sudden shift, where everyone drops all their projects and all the money they've sunk in to them in order to make Wii games.
Even once the Wii has rocketed well past the PS3 and 360 in user base, I don't expect development for the PS3 and 360 to literally stop completely. In fact, I expect both systems to get some fabulous games, especially for traditional fans who love MGS and Tekken style games; that's the arena that the 360/PS3 clearly have established a user base in. Think of the PC -- it's been a sidelined platform for some time now, and its influence continues to shrink. But it still has some awesome games, and particularly several of my favorite games of all time. I expect the 360 and PS3 will do the same for you.
There's a big difference between saying "PS3 and 360 development will instantly stop, and 100 percent of resources will be diverted to the Wii by year's end," which is absurd, and saying "As the Wii's user base continues to grow, more and more developmental resources will gradually be moved to the Wii," which is both logical and empirically valid.