Sega, Bandai-Namco, and Capcom shift focus from PSP and PS3 to DS and Wii

25 June 2007

Posted by:Ferry

Major game companies such as Sega, Bandai-Namco, and Capcom have told the Nikkei Shimbun (run it through Babelfish) that they are shifting their software development focus from Sony platforms (PSP, PS3) to Nintendo platforms (DS, Wii).

As we reported earlier today, the Nintendo brand is valued more than Sony‘s, as the demand for the Wii keeps rising. Last month (May 2007) the Wii outsold the PS3 by 4 to 1 in America and 5 to 1 in Japan. Hopefully we’ll start seeing what all this support entails at E4A (the new E3) that runs from July 10 till 13.

A rough translation of the last paragraph tells us the game companies are recognizing the growing audience for Nintendo’s systems, and as a result are rapidly starting development of new games (new work, to be exact) for them. On the other hand, they still see the PS3 brand as highly recognizable and will continue development for it as they expect its userbase to expand over time. — Via Neogaf

PS: Square-Enix even went as far as to say they won’t publish a PS3 game in Japan until at least April 1st, 2008. So it’s safe to say it’ll take even longer outside of Japan.

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Venom (Wii-Man)

Great news for my Wii library!

Is E3 really called E4 now? What time is it on?I will probly miss the second day =( since im gonna go see Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix the 11th =D
supadupagama

Venom, E4 is more or less our nickname for it, it’s actually renamed to “Entertainment for All”, it just makes more sense to go from E3 to E4

My guess would be all the big company’s keynotes with the game announcements will be held every morning at around 10AM. I haven’t seen a keynote schedule for Nintendo here:
http://www.eforallexpo.com
Venom (Wii-Man)

Thanks supa.I just REALLY wanna see a release date or video for Smash Bros. Brawl,and new info on Super Mario Galaxy.And i would REALLY like to hear of a new Kriby game,Mariokart game and Starfox game,but if im lucky enough and they do announce a new Starfox game for the Wii i would like it to be more along the lines of Starfox Adventures and not Starfox Assault.Oh and an F-Zero game would be nice cuz ive never played one =D
supadupagama

Well you can download F-Zero X (the N64 racer) to your Wii starting today. I’m going to find some videos for the new Virtual Console games in a minute and post about it.

As for your other games, I don’t know about StarFox, but I’m pretty sure the other games you mentioned will all make an appearance (just guessing though). And yeah, it’s about time Nintendo announces solid release dates.
Kabapu

No Square-Enix games til April 2008? Well … I guess we know at least how long to wait for Final Fantasy.
Venom (Wii-Man)

Yeah.Thanx supa.
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