moondeep said: @ leo-j,
I agree that those developers apparently don't like the Wii, but I disagree concerning the difficulty in programming for the Wii. When you have the power of the HD systems to use when programming a game, it's relatively easy to make the game look good and run well (although of course gameplay and story are entirely unrelated). This is the same as the PC. You often times have lazy PC developers who create a game with poorly optimized code that SHOULD be able to run on a single core 3ghz, but instead required a quad-core simply because they were lazy or not skilled enough to optimize their code. Wii developers however have much less to work with and thus must truly be talented to create a gorgeous Wii game that hold a high framerate. Sure it's easy to program for, and cheaper, but to truly get a fantastic looking game is still a challenge due to CPU/GPU limitations that less skillful developers can't work around. |
This is one thing that always bothers me. Has every dev forgotten how to make Gamecube games from last gen until now? I know that they all weren't making GC games, but many teams were. The Wii is really just an overclocked GC with the only radical change being the motion control.In fact, Red Fly Studios stated the most difficult aspect is the motion control itself.
Wii development has been made out to sound impossible as opposed to everything else and it really is starting to make no sense. Capcom must've spent years on RE4 for the GC but hasn't made a game with that type of quality for the Wii except for.......RE4 Wii Edition. THQ has arguably only made two good Wii games in 31 months........................
I could go on for days with every dev team or publisher, but we have gone over the Wii's stunningly pathetic support many times.
Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. " thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."