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Cobretti2 on 21 March 2009
mike_intellivision said:
I really wonder about the authority of someone who is known for making movie-based video games.

Maybe he is just upset that no one bought Scarface on the Wii.

When you see comments on places like GameTrailers trashing someone for trashing the Wii, you know the comments are off-base.

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 I baught Scarface, but haven't played it. I only got it because it is Scarface lol.

 

Anyway back on topic, what a nugget.

Sega (mario and sonic olympics soon there will be winter olympics), Activision (guitar hero) easily make profit on the Wii, Even Capcom from the ports its been doing. Especially RE4.

If mad world needs to sell 2-3million to make a profit, then I guess by his mathamatical genius, MGS4 would have to sell 2-3Billion to make a profit from the budget that was used on that game.



 

 

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jake_the_fake1 on 21 March 2009

Wow, so it looks like like Ubi is hitting their target audience on the wii, well good for them.



spdk1 on 22 March 2009
shinyuhadouken said:

Pete Wanat:

What we didn't know about Wii:

- Nintendo and Ubi are ONLY companies making money on Wii - Nintendo with the 1st party software and Ubi with the Petz games.
- Wii compared to 360/PS3 is like "a Genesis"
- You'll probably never make your money back if you spend $500k/$600k
- Unless you spend $350k/$500k - you will not see any return on the investment.
- GUARANTEED to lose money if a development is over $2 million
- MadWorld must sell 2-3 million copies to make a profit.
- In order to port a 360/PS3 game to Wii, you will need to make a thats "less than a PS2 game".

 

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megaman79 on 22 March 2009

Nintendo will pop up on Monday with evidence to refute this. Its a bunch of GT bullshit, the same bullshit that prob. led N'Gai to leave the Wii hate generator.



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Gnizmo on 22 March 2009

So assuming $10 goes to the developer for every copy sold, you would need to sell a amazing 200k to actually make up a $2 million budget. Currently there are 190ish games in the database which hit that huge target for the Wii. Amongst them such great hits as Dora's ice adventures, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rockstar games presents Table Tennis, Build-a-bear Workshop and other liscensed crap made on a fraction of that budget. Kinda puts it all in perspective.



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Gamerace on 22 March 2009

Wow. If MadWorld needs to sell 2-3m to cover costs then the only HD games that could even possibly have made money is Halo 3 and maybe GTAIV. What a complete disaster!

Man that guy is a tool.



 

Vertigo-X on 22 March 2009
Strategyking92 said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Strategyking92 said:
BS. But he does make a good point about the motion plus.

"after two years since the wii came out you are finally getting a controller that is going to work as intended......"


It's true. Definitely not as good as it should've been. Aim lag FTL.

Wii doesn't have aim lag.

Bullshitting FTL.

 

 

 

Yes it does. It's especially noticeable in frantic games.

Or maybe it's just the poorly made games doing it?

(serious question)

I believe it has to do with the way it's coded. In Twilight Princess, there's a significant pointer delay. It might have something to do with the framerate, since Metroid Prime 3 has almost constant 60 fps and no pointer lag troubles. Anybody notice anything with MoH, CoD3 and CoD5?



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Madanial on 22 March 2009

This guy just time travel from 2006 or something? :D



MaxwellGT2000 on 22 March 2009
Vertigo-X said:
Strategyking92 said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Strategyking92 said:
BS. But he does make a good point about the motion plus.

"after two years since the wii came out you are finally getting a controller that is going to work as intended......"


It's true. Definitely not as good as it should've been. Aim lag FTL.

Wii doesn't have aim lag.

Bullshitting FTL.

 

 

 

Yes it does. It's especially noticeable in frantic games.

Or maybe it's just the poorly made games doing it?

(serious question)

I believe it has to do with the way it's coded. In Twilight Princess, there's a significant pointer delay. It might have something to do with the framerate, since Metroid Prime 3 has almost constant 60 fps and no pointer lag troubles. Anybody notice anything with MoH, CoD3 and CoD5?

 

CoD W@W, MoH, and Quantum of Solace were dead on, they rival mouse and KB controls.



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puffy on 22 March 2009

Any pointer delay occurs due to using the wrong cables and a HDTV.

This guy needs to read Activisions financial report, they made more money from Wii than either of the HD consoles.