2009... Where is support actually going? PS3 Vs. 360 Vs. Wii

Ok people. 2009 is almost among us but where is the support going from developers? Will it be to the Wii due to cheap development costs. |Will it be 360/ps3 combo for the so called wider attatch rate? Will it be 360 alone or PS3? Support is support so please dont bring petty arguments like "Shovelware" or "developers suck" as overall support is support.

This post is mainly on about support and not quality as quality is a opinion and nothing is certain in 09.

wii will continue to get alot of party games since they sell more.the rest will get the best multiplats i believe.kaangonultas

We'll probably see twice as many third party games released on the Wii than the 360/ps3.

Wii is getting the most third party exclusives by far, and the best as well. But overall I still think multiplatform development will have the edge (PC/PS3/360) and of course DS developmentMarloStanfield

[QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"] DS development is through the roof. Its sad to see that PSP is not as welcome by developers as i'd grab one right now if there where more RPG's.MarloStanfield

[QUOTE="MarloStanfield"]Wii is getting the most third party exclusives by far, and the best as well. But overall I still think multiplatform development will have the edge (PC/PS3/360) and of course DS developmentDibdibdobdobo

[QUOTE="MarloStanfield"][QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"] DS development is through the roof. Its sad to see that PSP is not as welcome by developers as i'd grab one right now if there where more RPG's.Dibdibdobdobo

[QUOTE="kaangonultas"]wii will continue to get alot of party games since they sell more.the rest will get the best multiplats i believe.Dibdibdobdobo

I can see the Wii's developer support jumping up. Although, allot of good games on the Wii don't sell well. I personally think the 360 will stay with the most developer support simply because it can move the most software. PS3 will probably stay where it is now, at least judging from how well some of it's big hitters are selling.DireOwl

[QUOTE="MarloStanfield"][QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"] DS development is through the roof. Its sad to see that PSP is not as welcome by developers as i'd grab one right now if there where more RPG's.Dibdibdobdobo

Here is what i think. make a poll next time.

1. 360
2. DS
3. Wii
4. PS3
5. PS2
6. GBA
7. GBC
8. Xbox
9. GC
10. DreamCast
11. PS
12. 64
13. PSP poor psp

[QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"][QUOTE="MarloStanfield"] parasite eve 3 and agito should be out in 2010/2011, but yeah there's not much near termRahnyc4

wii will never be the lead platform for 3rd party dev because its too different compare to the ps360. its a family oriented console it is not a console for the hardcore gamer and it will not get hardcore games .legol1

As it stands now Wii is getting the most support but most of it is from alot of unkown developers. I think this will continue into 2009.jakarai

wii will never be the lead platform for 3rd party dev because its too different compare to the ps360. its a family oriented console it is not a console for the hardcore gamer and it will not get hardcore games .legol1

xbox 360 is clearly the superior console manxboxfan990

[QUOTE="legol1"]wii will never be the lead platform for 3rd party dev because its too different compare to the ps360. its a family oriented console it is not a console for the hardcore gamer and it will not get hardcore games .fbigent34

Apparently it's a 12-15 year old kid that wears black t-shirts, drinks coke, is over weight and only plays rated M third and first person shooters with lots of blood and gore.

IMO there is no such thing as a hardcore gamer, just a person who perceives themselves to be elitist.

[QUOTE="jakarai"]As it stands now Wii is getting the most support but most of it is from alot of unkown developers. I think this will continue into 2009.mistervengeance

[QUOTE="jakarai"]As it stands now Wii is getting the most support but most of it is from alot of unkown developers. I think this will continue into 2009.mistervengeance

[QUOTE="fbigent34"][QUOTE="legol1"]wii will never be the lead platform for 3rd party dev because its too different compare to the ps360. its a family oriented console it is not a console for the hardcore gamer and it will not get hardcore games .Nuck81

Apparently it's a 12-15 year old kid that wears black t-shirts, drinks coke, is over weight and only plays rated M third and first person shooters with lots of blood and gore.

IMO there is no such thing as a hardcore gamer, just a person who perceives themselves to be elitist.

[QUOTE="jakarai"]As it stands now Wii is getting the most support but most of it is from alot of unkown developers. I think this will continue into 2009.mistervengeance

Done quoting i am going to put this in my sig and watch you edit this out later in 2009...

[QUOTE="mistervengeance"][QUOTE="jakarai"]As it stands now Wii is getting the most support but most of it is from alot of unkown developers. I think this will continue into 2009.Haziqonfire

... i was referring to, if you actually read my post, games being made by shovelware studios.

examples are, the conduit, deadly creatures, cursed mountain etc.

there are may more, which were hyped throughout last year, but i can't find any of the threads.

I doubt support will go to the Wii. The Wii is targeted towards an almost entirely different market than the Xbox 360 and PS3.

I'm just wondering why a company like Konami would settle for an exclusivity deal with Sony for Metal Gear Solid 4? There's no deal possible that Sony can provide that would be better than a normal deal with Microsoft since system sales for the Xbox 360 are many times more than the PS3.

Shouldn't this thread be "where is the highest quality support actually going in 2009"?

Because,and I hope I'm not alone in thinking this,I would rather have 10 or so great games come out on the console that I own rather than having 50 games of dubious quality.

Of course, but the more games you release, the bigger chance there is that one of them will be a+++.

I just hope it is a jolly good year for all platforms.

Although I do hope that next-gen of consoles do NOT use stupid proprietary game development toolkits, and that they all be as easy to develop on as PC's :). Developers would avoid so much pain and hassle.