After having a digg at Microsoft earlier this month, Sony have come back to talk smack about Nintendo.
This time, SCEA senior VP of publisher relations, Rob Dyer has been telling website Industry Gamers that Third-Party companies aren’t interested in developing games for the Wii because they won’t sell.
This time, SCEA senior VP of publisher relations, Rob Dyer has been telling website Industry Gamers that Third-Party companies aren’t interested in developing games for the Wii because they won’t sell.
"What publishers have said is they're not going to spend the resources on Wii,” said Dyer. “In my job, we compete against Microsoft and Nintendo, and we're competing for resources.
"So when I walk into a publisher, I ask, 'Where are you guys pushing your resources?' In the past, it was 'look how hot the Wii is,' or 'Look how hot the DS is,' and 'we should put resources there.' They did that and realised, 'You know what, third-party products just doesn't sell on that platform.'
"Now they're taking those resources, coming back to us and saying, 'Sony we're going to be able to provide you with that exclusive content,' or 'We're going to put more engineers on it and figure out to maximize the Blu-ray and get more out of PS3.' That's what we're seeing now.
"And I don't even have to fight for their hearts and minds. I just show them the TRST data with regards to how many top 10 titles are third-party titles on the Wii, or how many top 10 titles are third-party titles on the DS. Not many.”
"It's not a hard story to sell, and they get that. Unless they've got a particular franchise that's worked well on the Wii, you don't see a lot of innovative new IP coming out on that platform."
Ouch! What a dick.
"So when I walk into a publisher, I ask, 'Where are you guys pushing your resources?' In the past, it was 'look how hot the Wii is,' or 'Look how hot the DS is,' and 'we should put resources there.' They did that and realised, 'You know what, third-party products just doesn't sell on that platform.'
"Now they're taking those resources, coming back to us and saying, 'Sony we're going to be able to provide you with that exclusive content,' or 'We're going to put more engineers on it and figure out to maximize the Blu-ray and get more out of PS3.' That's what we're seeing now.
"And I don't even have to fight for their hearts and minds. I just show them the TRST data with regards to how many top 10 titles are third-party titles on the Wii, or how many top 10 titles are third-party titles on the DS. Not many.”
"It's not a hard story to sell, and they get that. Unless they've got a particular franchise that's worked well on the Wii, you don't see a lot of innovative new IP coming out on that platform."
Ouch! What a dick.
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