Konami says Wii's not hardcore enuf

[Supafly345]

Nintendo sorta fixed the system so most of the games would be Wii exclusive, which is brilliant, and their sales show how brilliant it is. I am sure porting to or from the wii is a little more expensive and complicated than just re-assigning button functions to fit the controller.

[Emu]

Exactly.

[noob3]

who the fuck ever bought a nintendo expecting to play non nintendo games anyways? except for cubivore ofcourse, which needs a sequel!

[Dr. Boogie]

How can the Wii be hardcore enough for Manhunt 2, but not enough for Silent Hill 5?

[Zomboid]

Maybe it's not hardcore enough for GOOD horror games?

[Dr. Boogie]

Ba-zing.

[Chojin]

Assuming silent hill still uses radio feedback to warn you about enemies, they could do that through the remote speaker. Aiming would be done with the pointer, dodging would be done with nunchuk shakes, the rest would be mapped to normal buttons.

The game would be fine on Wii, probably more playable than the other versions and less pretty. However, the consumer market has been punishing companies for paying contractors to hack out Wii ports, and Konami therefore likely requires the development team to produce the 360 and Wii versions of any games in-house (with the ps3 version being hacked out by another team from the 360 version). It looks like this team isn't suited - conceptually - to Wii development, especially if they're making comments like the ones in the thread's title.

So, it's a shame, but fuck 'em. The 360 and Wii are competing for different markets anyway, and their target on the 360 (with ps3 porting tacked on) for this type of game may indeed be the right decision.

[Dr. V]

Looks like if I want to play a "mature adult sophisticated hoity toity" game, I HAVE to get a 360.

[Kant spelz]

Because Konami likes spending 30 times more on development to make games on systems with an inferior user base.

Yeah, this guy isn't an idiot.