LA Times: Can Wii prolong winning streak?
While Nintendo is dominating sales across the board, some people still believe that the Wii won’t be be able to keep up with other next-gen consoles. They say that the Wii’s graphics will be outdated in a couple of years from now, contrary to expected long life for its competitors. In a recent Los Angeles Times article, Alex Pham discussed about the Wii and its predicted future.
The target audience of the Wii is the casual gamer who wants something to plug-in and play. Along with innovative controls and quirky games, people have been joining the trend of waving that Wiimote around. Some say that this is just a fad, and Wii won’t be able to keep up with PS3 and Xbox 360.
On the software side, it’s less likely for the Wii to lose third party support. Making games on the console would take $US 1-7 million and less than a year’s time, while PS3 and Xbox 360 games can cost more than $20 million to make in more than a year’s time. It doesn’t help that coding games on these platforms is quite difficult that even Final Fantasy‘s creator complained about it.
“It wouldn’t be surprising to see [people] lose interest after a relatively short amount of time,” Pham quoted analyst Van Baker from Garnet Inc. Other people are still positive about it though, like managing director of Sherman Oaks, who was quoted as saying, “We don’t see [the Wii] fading.”
Via LA Times
While Nintendo is dominating sales across the board, some people still believe that the Wii won’t be be able to keep up with other next-gen consoles. They say that the Wii’s graphics will be outdated in a couple of years from now, contrary to expected long life for its competitors. In a recent Los Angeles Times article, Alex Pham discussed about the Wii and its predicted future.
The target audience of the Wii is the casual gamer who wants something to plug-in and play. Along with innovative controls and quirky games, people have been joining the trend of waving that Wiimote around. Some say that this is just a fad, and Wii won’t be able to keep up with PS3 and Xbox 360.
On the software side, it’s less likely for the Wii to lose third party support. Making games on the console would take $US 1-7 million and less than a year’s time, while PS3 and Xbox 360 games can cost more than $20 million to make in more than a year’s time. It doesn’t help that coding games on these platforms is quite difficult that even Final Fantasy‘s creator complained about it.
“It wouldn’t be surprising to see [people] lose interest after a relatively short amount of time,” Pham quoted analyst Van Baker from Garnet Inc. Other people are still positive about it though, like managing director of Sherman Oaks, who was quoted as saying, “We don’t see [the Wii] fading.”
Via LA Times
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