Publishers shifting significantly to Wii

Wii 3d logo(stated in Prof. Farnsworth voice) “Good news everyone!”  Outlook for new Wii games is very strong for 2008.  According to a new article by Screen Digest, “…publishers are “flocking to Wii” and that this holiday season will lead into a 2008 with plenty of Wii fun to come. “Nintendo’s success is reaping the rewards of great support from publishers … 86 titles are scheduled for release on the Wii in Q4, compared with 47 for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and just 38 for the PS3. Furthermore, a quarter of the Wii releases are exclusive to the platform, compared with eight for the Xbox 360 and five for PS3. Screen Digest sees Nintendo’s success and external support for Wii only accelerating, primarily thanks to the quickly growing installed base and lower cost of development on the platform. The firm “expects that the number of games available for Wii will surpass Xbox 360′s library in early 2008 at current release rates.” So momentum building with many more games for the Wii, and judging by past victories we can only anticipate more fun games from the original creative minds of Nintendo.




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  • http://www.rationalcreature.com/ amy

    Yay! I’m glad to hear it, but I’d LOVE to hear that they’re upping Wii production so that I may get my hands on one.

    By the way, I am IN LOVE with Phantom Hourglass for DS.

  • http://www.rationalcreature.com amy

    Yay! I’m glad to hear it, but I’d LOVE to hear that they’re upping Wii production so that I may get my hands on one.

    By the way, I am IN LOVE with Phantom Hourglass for DS.

  • http://fak3r.com/ fak3r

    @amy
    I hear ya, I’m still baffled as to why supply is so low, I was lucky enough to get one simply because a relative worked at GameStop. Regardless, a lot of what my kids play is the 5 year old GameCube, so I suspect the Wii will have at least as long of a ‘shelf life’; and with the promise of so many more titles, I find this to be more so. The DS games I’ve tried have been a blast, my Daughter is already leaning on me for an upgrade to the GameBoy Adv…so DS may be the next stop!

  • http://fak3r.com fak3r

    @amy
    I hear ya, I’m still baffled as to why supply is so low, I was lucky enough to get one simply because a relative worked at GameStop. Regardless, a lot of what my kids play is the 5 year old GameCube, so I suspect the Wii will have at least as long of a ‘shelf life’; and with the promise of so many more titles, I find this to be more so. The DS games I’ve tried have been a blast, my Daughter is already leaning on me for an upgrade to the GameBoy Adv…so DS may be the next stop!

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