Recent Developments Pose Interesting Twist In Wii Game's Development

THQ is cutting losses with some franchises by retiring them but they've also made an interesting cancellation of a game that might come to benefit the Wii.

Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Style is cancelled for the PS2 which makes the Wii as the sole console that will carry the game.

Does this mean that the devs in charge will try to do more then just a PS2 port of the game now that the game doesn't have to straddle each console? Maybe this is the start of third party makers to concentrate on the Wii when it comes to newer titles.

With the way that the "other" console does it's backward capability it might be less of a risk making a game that concentrates purely on the Wii.

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A gazillion people own it.

i hope you are right

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why the heck is the ps2 still alive?

pikma

Better games than PS3.

well... the game is still coming to the psp, and seeing as the psp is pretty much a mini version of the PS2 nothing much will have changed.Popadophalis

So then people will just start complaining that the Wii's third party games are only ports from other consoles.

Does this mean that the devs in charge will try to do more then just a PS2 port of the game now that the game doesn't have to straddle each console? Maybe this is the start of third party makers to concentrate on the Wii when it comes to newer titles.

Jaysonguy

The game is coming out real soon. It's pretty much finished so it will still be released as a PS2 game with waggle attached.

There's a gold mine for 3rd parties if they can put out good, quality games for the Wii. Example: Guitar Hero IIILord_Omikron666

It could be. Right now publishers are so half assed backwards with the decisions they make with Wii you never know what they are gonna do. Hopefully they reassigned the best devs of the PS2 team to focus on Wii and also improve the graphics becausethey can focus on one version.

I hope that when the PS2 FINALLY dies that devs dont completely ignore Wii or just use PSP ports.

I personally think that once they stop porting PS2 games we will see more original games or even the possibility of them porting 360 and Ps3 games.

[QUOTE="Lord_Omikron666"]There's a gold mine for 3rd parties if they can put out good, quality games for the Wii. Example: Guitar Hero IIIRurouni_Fung

Well, its a plus in that the team that was handling the PS2 version can be re-distributed to work on the Wii and PSP version. But the last time there was a Wii/PSP game, it was Alien Syndrome, and thats not a good thing at all. And from what I can tell, its not made by Pandemic, which only compounds my doubts as to whether this actual game will be good.

On the other hand, if the trend continues, the Wii can expect a bigger focus as the primary system for games that would otherwise be mere waggle ports, which is beneficial t to the overall 3rd Party quality situation.

why the heck is the ps2 still alive?

pikma

Because Sony continues to support their last gen hardware unlike Nintendo and Microsoft. They continue to manufacture the hardware and they encourage third parties to continue to develop for it.

If the market allows it, Sony will continue to support the PS2 until it's 10 years old.

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why the heck is the ps2 still alive?

Rocky32189

Because Sony continues to support their last gen hardware unlike Nintendo and Microsoft. They continue to manufacture the hardware and they encourage third parties to continue to develop for it.

If the market allows it, Sony will continue to support the PS2 until it's 10 years old.

which is hurting the PS3 badly. They may as well make God of War on PS2 again cause it will defoinitely sell better.

to far along.

Doubt it will change the development. It's too far along. Let's hope it started good.Arkthemaniac

The point here really isn't about Big Willy Style, it's more that a studio sees more potential to make money off of just the Wii then the Wii AND the PS2 which could be huge as we go forward this generation.

If studios see valid reasons to see the Wii as a stand alone console and not piggyback it with the PS2 3rd parties might get a chance to blossom even more on the console.

[QUOTE="Arkthemaniac"]Doubt it will change the development. It's too far along. Let's hope it started good.Jaysonguy

The point here really isn't about Big Willy Style, it's more that a studio sees more potential to make money off of just the Wii then the Wii AND the PS2 which could be huge as we go forward this generation.

If studios see valid reasons to see the Wii as a stand alone console and not piggyback it with the PS2 3rd parties might get a chance to blossom even more on the console.

EA has their own Wii-dedicated development company, don't they? They have yet to "wow" me.

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[QUOTE="Arkthemaniac"]Doubt it will change the development. It's too far along. Let's hope it started good.bob_newman

The point here really isn't about Big Willy Style, it's more that a studio sees more potential to make money off of just the Wii then the Wii AND the PS2 which could be huge as we go forward this generation.

If studios see valid reasons to see the Wii as a stand alone console and not piggyback it with the PS2 3rd parties might get a chance to blossom even more on the console.

EA has their own Wii-dedicated development company, don't they? They have yet to "wow" me.

Many do at this point. Namco/Bandai even teamed up with Nintendo to make one.

Other devs have made a lot of multiplatform stuff and while games like Madden and SSX were tons of fun and great the first time around EA didn't do much to boost the games the second time around. Still great games just they didn't distance themselves that far from the first titles.

If this pans out you might see more devs take Wii-exclusive building to another level.

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[QUOTE="Arkthemaniac"]Doubt it will change the development. It's too far along. Let's hope it started good.Jaysonguy

The point here really isn't about Big Willy Style, it's more that a studio sees more potential to make money off of just the Wii then the Wii AND the PS2 which could be huge as we go forward this generation.

If studios see valid reasons to see the Wii as a stand alone console and not piggyback it with the PS2 3rd parties might get a chance to blossom even more on the console.

EA has their own Wii-dedicated development company, don't they? They have yet to "wow" me.

Many do at this point. Namco/Bandai even teamed up with Nintendo to make one.

Other devs have made a lot of multiplatform stuff and while games like Madden and SSX were tons of fun and great the first time around EA didn't do much to boost the games the second time around. Still great games just they didn't distance themselves that far from the first titles.

If this pans out you might see more devs take Wii-exclusive building to another level.

It makes sense, really. When there are...what? 20 million Wiis worldwide?

When there are that many Wiis in the world, it makes financial sense to have dedicated development teams for it: the system's hardware and controls are so different from the competition.

But the fact that it costs less to make Wii games actually scares me a little, because I fear that Devs will just put their "B" team to work on the Wii, and the game would have lower production values.

But the fact that it costs less to make Wii games actually scares me a little, because I fear that Devs will just put their "B" team to work on the Wii, and the game would have lower production values.

bob_newman

You're touching on a thread I'll be making in the future but I've been known to repeat myself so heck, we'll start now.

Larry Miller had a book and it's terrific and in it he says that back in the day a studio would have 200 million dollars. Now what they'd do is hand out 20 million to 10 different movies and have a bunch of different movies that some work some don't but there's variety.

These days a studio has 200 million dollars and they splurge it all on one movie and try to make it a blockbuster.

Ultimately that way of doing movies has destroyed much of the art of film making.

I'm interested to see how the "10 different movies" approach works with the Wii compared to the blockbuster.

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why the heck is the ps2 still alive?

Cyber-

Because Sony continues to support their last gen hardware unlike Nintendo and Microsoft. They continue to manufacture the hardware and they encourage third parties to continue to develop for it.

If the market allows it, Sony will continue to support the PS2 until it's 10 years old.

which is hurting the PS3 badly. They may as well make God of War on PS2 again cause it will defoinitely sell better.

When the PS2 came out, the PS1 was still supported for some time and it didn't hurt the PS2.

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why the heck is the ps2 still alive?

Anunnaki_XII

Because Sony continues to support their last gen hardware unlike Nintendo and Microsoft. They continue to manufacture the hardware and they encourage third parties to continue to develop for it.

If the market allows it, Sony will continue to support the PS2 until it's 10 years old.

which is hurting the PS3 badly. They may as well make God of War on PS2 again cause it will defoinitely sell better.

When the PS2 came out, the PS1 was still supported for some time and it didn't hurt the PS2.

Totally different. PS1 and PS2 had that mass casual audience appeal that just isnt there on PS3. ALso the games are not that good on PS3. My point is they shouldnt continue to boost PS2 while their future product is so lackluster.

i hope you are right

btw

why the heck is the ps2 still alive?

pikma

The PS2 is still alive because people still buy games for it.