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Offline WindyMan

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Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« on: February 19, 2007, 11:58:18 AM »
Not only are consumers having a hard time finding the system, Indie developers can't get a hold of one, either.

Water Cooler Games has come across an interesting bit of information.  It seems that publisher demand for Wii development kits is outstripping the supply available from Nintendo.  Because of this, independent developers, to whom Nintendo said they would make Wii development kits available for, haven't got kits as of yet.    


Back when Nintendo was ramping up toward the Wii launch, one of the things they touted for their console was that because it was so inexpensive to develop for, a development studio of any size could make games for it.  While it appears that Nintendo is still planning for this, according to WGC the Wii Independent Development Program has been delayed a while until the end of the month, which is a few weeks behind schedule.    


It seems that everyone on both sides of the fence wants a Wii, either to play games on or to make games for.  While that's great news for Nintendo, if there aren't enough systems to go around, what good will it do?

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RE: Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2007, 12:15:07 PM »
Maybe this is why we haven't seen new games in the shop channel yet?  Perhaps Nintendo wants to give indie developers an equal start before they bring out their guns?

Well, whatever the reason is, hopefully they get the dev kits out there soon.  It needed to be done about a year ago, at least.
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RE:Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2007, 12:21:28 PM »
Darn you EA for swallowing up all the early dev kits!

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RE: Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2007, 01:13:36 PM »
Waka Waka Wii
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RE: Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2007, 02:59:42 PM »
Methinks Nintendo might want to just stay out of the New VC game market.  They pretty much have channels cornered.
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RE: Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2007, 03:33:09 PM »
Bah, damnit...  
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RE: Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2007, 06:58:34 PM »
RAMP UP PRODUCTION GODDAMNIT!
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RE:Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2007, 02:17:05 AM »
Wii is just a fad.  In a few years, when PS3 is down to $300, it's all over.
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RE: Wii Development Kits Hard to Find
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2007, 03:41:03 AM »
Few years? If the PS3 keeps it up with the "successes" that thing'll sell for 200$ by Christmas.
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