Wii a Bust for 3rd Party Publishers?

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1. These guys don't know the hell they're talking about. Wii could be huge for 3rd-party developers. The main reason is the cheapness and ease of development kits. The development kits are much cheaper than the competitors and easier to use since it's very similar to the GC dev-kits. Also with the inclusion of Virtual consoles, Wii could generate a lot of good indy developers around it. With the Xbox 360 and especially the PS3, you'll mostly see big budget games made by huge development teams. The Wii-mote might be a problem with companies that are more into traditional gaming, but I think they could still get in the hang of it. EA, one of the non-innovative companies surprisingly were excited about the controller (“Everyone in the studio is energized by the creative opportunity afforded by both the hardware and controller.” – John Schappert, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA) Also, if developers can't make the game suitable for the Wii-mote, then just make it for the Gamecube controller. Overall, I'm not too worried about the Wii getting lackluster 3rd-party-support.

2. I don't get it… can someone plz explain? Thx.

3. Now this is funny. Everyone was staying on Sony's side in the graphical race expecting another Playstation victory and now after reading how everyone is press & consumer hate towards the Ps3. Now everyone is trying to jump ship. Can't wait for another Hideo Kojima saying something like "The Xbox360 is like that Club everyone can get in but its very expensive inside. The Ps3 is like that Club where just Famous people can get in but not anyone else,The Wii is like that friends party where ladies get in for free, and you get a Champagne bottle free if you invite 3 girls with you, and gives you a free tshirt at the door before leaving…."or something like that but weirder.

4. For those guys that didn't read the article it says, Ubisoft, EA and a few others are the only third parties who are going to reap the profits since all the others were caught off guard making games for the Ps3 and weren't making games for the Wii. Now investors are angry they aren't going to be there for Wii's christmas probable rise to the top of sales. Too bad for them.

5. Well I am hoping we get a new Beyond Good and Evil from Ubisoft! That game rocked hard! and I think it is the other 3rd party companies that are going to be left out for dissing Nintendo. SCREW THEM! you snubbed them, now you must pay!Obviously Ubisoft was good with Nintendo for Nintendo to let them in on the secret, while others may not have cared that much.In any case, they can always port over other games, and people can use their old controllers.

6. The Wii lauch is what they are talking about. All that hype at E3 woke up alot of Third Parties companies and now they are rushing to have a gmae out at the launch.Before E3, they were supporting Nitnendo, bu they were waiting to see what happen first, like they did with the DS.Guess they didn't expect that whole E3 line aaorund the block…The good news about this news is that we won't have the DS/N64/Gamecube drought like we did before…. meaning the third parties who'll miss out the Wii launch wil try and get in there as quickly as possible in earily 2007.

7. in my opinion it is going to happen just like the DS.With the cube the thirds did not make games because they did not careWith the DS and the occidental publishers simply did not know how to make games for the DS, they were like a chicken with the head cut off.Now that they know how expensive the PS3 is going to be i guess they are in a rush to make anithing interesting for the wiiHOHOHO Nintendo does not have any problem with their controller.It is a bit like a revenge from Nintendo to the thirds.

8. "Guess they didn't expect that whole E3 line aaorund the block…"no? with the "poor showing" at last years's E3 since everyone wanted to see more about their next gen system like Sony and MS (even though Nintendo said they weren't going to say much beforehand) EVERYONE and their mom knew that Nintendo was going to kick total ass and dominate this year.

9. The articles actually pretty positive for nintendo and another downer for Sony. It basically says developers realise that Wii is goingto be the more profitable platform in the near future and they focused their energies incorrectly. For this year at least.

10. People just weren't expecting this type of open arms acceptance of the console's gameplay and style. It's clear now that the Wii could be a juggernaut, and if enough 3rd-parties did take notice, which it seems they did, it will be.I'd say expect to see an influx of games from 3rd parties coming out 6 months after the Wii's release, when most other consoles usually have a big dry spell.

11. I don't think anyone expected 3+ hour lines for the Wii at E3!!!Seriously, developers didn't see it coming. I'm glad.Nintendo will take Japan, and I'm hoping for some fun software from smaller devs over there.

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