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Spectrumglr on 24 August 2007
Lingyis said:
lack of success? more like lack of offerings.

even from nintendo themselves... lack of wii offerings.

wait a few months, and then this becomes a more legitimate question.

 ok, but why devs are not supporting it like PS3? Wii will have 3X the user base by the end of the year but still devs are looking to PS3...how do you explain this?



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Game_boy on 24 August 2007

Inertia and underestimation of the Wii's power.

Obviously inertia fades as studios realize PS3 is not giving them big returns, and underestimation will fade as impressive first-party titles show how good games on it could be.


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steven787 on 24 August 2007
Spectrumglr said:
Lingyis said:
lack of success? more like lack of offerings.

even from nintendo themselves... lack of wii offerings.

wait a few months, and then this becomes a more legitimate question.

 ok, but why devs are not supporting it like PS3? Wii will have 3X the user base by the end of the year but still devs are looking to PS3...how do you explain this?


 

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steven787 on 24 August 2007

Double post deleted.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

Just_Ben on 24 August 2007
Spectrumglr said:
Lingyis said:
lack of success? more like lack of offerings.

even from nintendo themselves... lack of wii offerings.

wait a few months, and then this becomes a more legitimate question.

ok, but why devs are not supporting it like PS3? Wii will have 3X the user base by the end of the year but still devs are looking to PS3...how do you explain this?


 Because what devs devop and announced til know, was decided before everybody knew how successful the Wii is. And devs don't decide that much on their own. The publisher do decide in most cases what will be developed, and those need time for change.



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famousringo on 24 August 2007

I'm seriously thinking of writing up a form letter response to these threads. I've only been on this board a few weeks and I'm getting sick of them.



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steven787 on 24 August 2007

The other reason why you and the 3rd parties shouldn't worry.  This is Gamestats.com most popular Wii games.

Notice how few Nintendo published games are in the top 25.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Nintendo

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Nintendo

Super Mario Galaxy

Nintendo

Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

Capcom

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

SEGA

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

RedOctane

Mario Strikers Charged

Nintendo

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2

Ubisoft

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

Capcom

Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition

Capcom

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

Atari

Super Paper Mario

Nintendo

Madden NFL 08

Electronic Arts

MySims

Electronic Arts

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

SEGA

FIFA Soccer 08

Electronic Arts

WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2008

THQ

The Simpsons Game

Electronic Arts

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution

D3 Publisher

Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo

Ghost Squad

SEGA

Manhunt 2

Rockstar Games

Soulcalibur Legends

Namco Bandai

Bleach: Shattered Blade

SEGA

Wii Fit

Nintendo



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misteromar on 24 August 2007

Nope, 3rs partys where caught of gaurd by wii's sucess and rushed out alot of games. But now they have cut back on ps3 dev and given wii dev heaps more resources. So great games will be coming.
3rd partys are always gonna give the most attention to the console with highest user base.



Game_boy on 24 August 2007

"Most popular"? Well it's not sales figures, because most of them haven't been released. As for sales figures, just look at this week's VGChartz software charts. In Japan, for instance, Nintendo has sold more than five times as many units as any other software company. The charts are full of Nintendo-developed DS and Wii games.



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robjoh on 24 August 2007

What lack of succes are we talking about? The crappy sales of bad ports?

Becuase:
Trauma Center is the best selling Atlus game in USA ever.
Cooking Mama has more or less put Majeseco in black again
Red Steel and Rayman has sold more than 1 million units each
RE4: Wii edition is on its way to pass the expetation from Capcom.

Are we talking Boogie here or what?



 

 

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