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• The problem with 3rd parties is...
  they haven't really made a quality, ORIGINAL bestselling hardcore game....at least not yet. There have been some quality ports (RE:4, Godfather) but no original hardcore games. Still there have been plenty of successful 3rd party games; however most have been the dreaded casual sort. Here's an unofficial list of successful 3rd party games:
  1.Rayman
  2.Madden '07
  3.RE: 4
  4.My Sims
  5.Carnival Games
  6.DDR
  7.GHIII
  8.Red Steel
  
  It's been said before but the reason for the lack of good hardcore games is the fact that most developers did not anticipate the Wii's success and plan accordingly. Deal with it, it's not the Wii's hardware that's the problem (Metroid Prime 3, anyone?). It's not a perfect console but no console is. All it really means is developers need to adjust their business plans and allot their resources appropriately. There really isn't a story here just some gaming journalists who need something to talk about and developers who seem to be scared as to what to do next.
  
  Interestingly for every story I read like this I rarely see one about how many developers have lost money due to the PS3 flop. I don't care if the PS3 somehow resurrects itself it still has cost many game developers a small fortune in loss revenue due to both lack of install base and high development cost. Certainly some of these guys did OK because they could release the same game on the 360 but I guarentee you their sales projections factored in a considerably larger PS3 user base. Monster Hunter 3 and why Capcom switched it off of the PS3 should be plenty of fodder for any journalist who was interested in running down an original story. In reply to: "Is the Wii a fad?"

  October 12, 2007

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