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Originally posted by fingersman
Oh please, that part about 3rd parties not caring about the amount of systems sold is alot of crap.....why do you think the Ps2 is doing so good?? because of it's superior technology?? No, Ps2 is getting heaps of support because of their market share....I think if Nintendo or Microsoft had Sony's share, I think suppport would have been thrown behind them.
Soooo the amount of consoles sold has alot to do with how 3rd parties support a system.
If a system only sells a little bit...you think 3rd parties are going to throw their full support behind the system?? Naww I don't think so.
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If that's true... why Didn't EA Support Dreamcast? Why were no college sports games released on N64 (with a 50 Million userbase)?
Because the games wouldn't sell...
What Old Skool is saying is that the userbase is what developers look at, not the total amount of sales.
Why do you think Sonic Adventure was only ported to GCN??? Nintendo didn't pay for it, did they? It's because Sonic has no competition on Gamecube, and Gamecube fans are more likely to buy that game than Xbox or Ps2 fans. Sega barely spend anything to port it (and even got help from Nintendo advertizing)... and it became a million seller...
Now... why would Shunume 3 only be on Xbox? Simple, Xbox owners are said to be more hardcore gamers than Ps2 and GCN owners. So Sega wouldn't have to spend as much for Shenume to sell on Xbox.
Just an example.