There are a lot of things going into the third party/Nintendo pot. Not the least of which being that since the N64, third party developers have been left holding the bag on software for Nintendo's system. For years, N was nasty when it came to guarding their product and made developers jump through hoops, then left them stranded when they botched the 64.Unlike the NES and SNES, now people buying N systems simply dont tend to buy third party software. You can bet Capcom wishes they had never signed on the Resident Evil games to the Gamecube - they would have made 20x the loot had they gone with the PS2.
I have no clue the development cycle and additional effort for porting games, but I would imagine you would have to seriously strip and dumb-down a game to get it from other platforms down to the Wii. Then you look bad with a shoddy product. I dont blame them for being skeptical.
If there is a call to arms for Wii games, then we may see the resurgence of high cotton for third parties like we did nearly 20 years ago, but if the user base isnt going to be hard core gamers, and consists of millions of families with granny wanting to bowl, or young kids playing Vanilla Poo-Poo or some such, bringing blockbuster games solely to the Wii, or porting those games to the Wii, is going to remain a dicey proposition.
I'm a huge fan of Nintendo first party titles, but honestly I havent really even considered buying a Wii. Metroid looks like the same old rehash, Zelda is identical on the GAmecube, and we learned long ago that Mario isnt enough to sell systems anymore. Well, he would be, but you cant give us ony one game every five years....
Log in to comment