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Originally Posted by tsaimelv
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I strongly agree with this... I can't imagine that there's any real profit potential for a company such as EA in the PPC/Palm world. There's just too few handheld units in people's hands compared to the highly lucrative handheld and console gaming platforms, and probably even fewer people willing to shell out $15-30 for games on this platform.
Another thing to consider... It would not surprise me at all if microsoft or someone else PAID electronic arts to produce this as a "starter game", giving them an incentive in case the sales are lackluster.
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One thing to consider is that the PowerVR chip will be used in a host of devides and while the PPC gaming market is small the market penitration of the chip will be much greater. Its going to mean a lot of porting, but we aren't talking about 50 million dollar games (production cost I mean) so it will be easy to make a game for 10-15 different devices.
Heck, Sony developes for the PPC now and PPC gaming is very weak at this point. I can't see developers ignoring the market when its really about to take off and when so many devices will be using the PowerVR.
Once its available in $200-300 PPCs we will see a lot more people buying it for a multipurpose device with gaming in mind. Those screen shots up there are much more attractive to most gamers then NES quality games.