DeputyMoniker
11-21-2007, 09:28 PM
Wii and 360 are apples and oranges. You cant really compare them to be anywhere remotely the same gaming experience.
I don't think that's as accurate a mentality as people portray it to be. Take my nephew as an example. Last generation he had a PS2, XBOX, and a GC. So far this generation, he has a Wii. It's a game system to him and it has the games he wants to play. Not everybody is going to buy two systems, one for games and one for other kinds of games. He wanted a game system and the Wii is the one he chose.
j_factor
11-21-2007, 09:59 PM
They patented the name "Lost Planet Colonies" a few weeks ago, and company reps have said that a sequel is likely. I wouldn't be surprised if DR followed suit.
I meant that Capcom isn't producing a new game that is in the same situation as Dead Rising was, not that they're not making a sequel.
It doesn't make it irrelevant, but these are the flagship series that gamers recognize. Nntendo doesn't cater specifically to gamers anymore, and that it might have something to do with their absence. Take Zak and Wiki, for example. It's a great game, but do you think it's going to sell big numbers? Big names are important, especially around the 4th quarter. Why do you think Super Mario Galaxy came out a month before Christmas?
Of course big names sell. But Wii doesn't exactly need the help right now, so who cares? It's really a non-issue until at least next year. At which point the Wii may or may not have higher-profile third-party games.
Here's the problem: the argument that 3rd parties aren't selling well because they're half assing it goes directly against the whole "developers are flocking to the Wii" argument. It's a direct contradiction. If 3rd parties do prefer the Wii because it's cheaper to develop for and it has a huge user base, and if they're "shifting their focus (someone please tell me what this means), then why are they half-assing it? Shouldn't they be putting their best work on the Wii because the install base is there and it's cheaper to develop for?
I do think they half-assed a lot of early Wii games. Notice I said half-assed, past tense. I think they will be putting better/best work on the Wii in the future. And to a lesser extent this has been shown in the present. I don't see how that's a contradiction in argument -- it's just a description of changing conditions.