SCEA: Where the Wii loses, the PS3 picks up

With both Capcom and EA backing away from the Wii, there are more third-party publishers out there with plenty of resources waiting to be taken advantage of. According to SCEA’s Rob Dyer, that’s where the PS3 will come in.

 

With both Capcom and EA backing away from the Wii, there are more third-party publishers out there with plenty of resources waiting to be taken advantage of. According to SCEA’s Rob Dyer, that’s where the PS3 will come in.

 

“What publishers have said is they’re not going to spend the resources on Wii… In my job, we compete against Microsoft and Nintendo, and we’re competing for resources,” said the publisher’s senior VP for PR.

 

So when I walk into a publisher, I ask, ‘Where are you guys pushing your resources?’ In the past, it was ‘Look how hot the Wii is,’ or ‘Look how hot the DS is,’ and ‘We should put resources there.’ They did that and realized, ‘You know what, third-party product just doesn’t sell on that platform.’ So now they’re taking those resources, coming back to us and saying, ‘Sony we’re going to be able to provide you with that exclusive content,’ or ‘We’re going to put more engineers on it and figure out to maximize the Blu-ray and get more out of PS3.’ That’s what we’re seeing now.

 

So basically, SCEA is eyeing the publisher exodus from the Wii as an opportunity for the PS3. Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey already noted that the Wii’s life cycle is already approaching its limit, whereas the PS3 still has more years before hanging up its drive. More exclusives for the PS3? If that’s true, then that spells good news for PS3 owners.

 

 

 

 

IndustryGamers [via Kotaku]