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More third-party games coming to Wii says analyst
- July 06, 2007 10:10 AM PST
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Industry analyst Colin Sebastian says more third-party games are coming to Wii despite Nintendo's history of poor external support.
More games coming to Wii says analyst
It has been said that people go where the money is. So it's no surprise that publishers are already shifting game resources to Wii in an effort to capitalize on its success. That trend will likely continue says analyst Colin Sebastian in a report on GameDaily.
"We believe investors should not be surprised that Nintendo titles are dominating bestseller lists early in the cycle, given the popularity of first-party franchises among Nintendophiles," he said. "But Nintendo does not want to predestine Wii to the lackluster market share achieved by the GameCube in the last console generation, and we believe the company has aggressively pursued third-party support and is offering new tools (such as the recently announced WiiWare) to expand content offerings."
In short, Sebastian believes lower cost and a broader audience will continue to "encourage additional Wii support" as many publishers have already begun doing. He estimates that developers need only to sell half of what they do on Xbox 360 and PS3 before seeing profits on Wii, thus more third-party games are expected on Nintendo's machine given its commercial appeal.
This is good news for Wii owners as they'll likely see even more games on their motion-sensing console (though quantity never ensures quality). Still, things could be good in Nintendo Land for some time assuming gamers go where the most games end up being.
