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Game Devs Migrating Toward iPhone, Away From Wii
A new report by Game Developer Research reveals that the number of developers working on games for the iPhone continues to rise, roughly doubling in number from last year. At the same time, the amount of work done on games for Nintendo's Wii dropped significantly:
"Just over 70 percent of developers said they were developing at least one game for PC or Mac (including browser and social games), rising slightly from last year; 41 percent reported working on console games. Within that latter group, Xbox 360 was the most popular system with 69 percent of console developers targeting it, followed by 61 percent for PlayStation 3. While those console figures stayed within a few percent of last year's results, the change in Wii adoption was much more significant: reported developer support for the system dropped from 42 percent to 30 percent of console developers, supporting numerous publishers' claims of a recent softening of the Wii market."
From what my honest personal experience is, nobody moves away from the Wii, everybody loathes the iPhone, and the whole article is a straight out lie.
Maybe we live in different universes. Or just in different countries.
Here, this “article” is seen an yet another blatantly obvious Apple marketing blob that got on Slashdot.
By the way: Is there any way to filter all Apple-related stories out? (Everything that includes the words “Apple”, “Steve Jobs”, “iPhone”, “iPad”, “OS X“ or “Mac” in the title, text or tags.)
It should work in Thunderbird’s RSS reader too.
Would be much appreciated.
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
It's been really obvious to me, at least, that the Wii is going to tank. From day one, it's been an entire platform built around a gimmick. Graphics, playability, storage, etc was all sacrificed for the ability for grandma to be able to wave around a controller to pretend that she's bowling. Of course developers are leaving Wii development. Sales of games are way down, and they're going to continue to plummet. We'll be playing the PS3 and the XBox 360 years from now, but I'm guessing that the vast majority of Wii's that aren't already collecting dust in the bottom of closets will be in the next few years. Nintendo really shot themselves in the foot with the Wii. Not only did the sacrifice everything for the silly controller gimmick, but they also continue to focus on games with storylines that only appeal to small children. Of course, you can get shoot 'em up games for the Wii, but most of the Wii development seems to focus on Mario and Zelda and characters that were innovative 20 years ago, but now only appeal to ... well... honestly, I don't know who they appeal to. I don't know anybody that plays a Wii with any kind of regularity.
I hope that Nintendo has enough cash to get them to their next console that will, hopefully, have more longevity than the Wii.
I don't respond to AC's.
You may not realize this, but what you just found out with this post is that your honest, personal opinions are wrong. I'd tell you to think about it and figure out how that works, but since you're dumb enough to make the mistake in the first place, it's not likely you're capable.
Just watch out if your computer dies and you have no way to start iTunes and click "Deactivate". 5 dead computers later and all your purchases are history.
Depends on which iPhone/iPod Touch numbers you believe; I've also seen claims that the iPhone platform is slightly ahead of Wii. Either way, my point was that if your numbers for Wii are right, the Wii platform is not dramatically bigger than the iPhone platform; it's about the same size to within about a month worth of sales.
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