[casual_games] WiiWare/Wii Software

[Ben Lewis]

Whoops... a further look on warioworld.com shows how much dev kits cost:

"Software Development Kits: Approximate development costs range from
$2,500 to $10,000, depending on the size of your team. Financial
stability is expected by approved developers in order to purchase the
necessary development equipment for your project"

Hardly "darn near free" to a lot of indies out there, but certainly
cheaper than other dev kits out there.

Ben Lewis
Yatec Games
Marketing and Sales
(225)274-1550  Ext. 149
www.yatecgames.com <http://www.yatecgames.com/>  



From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Ben Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:07 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] WiiWare/Wii Software

Nintendo's developer site is here: www.warioworld.com
It's funny that Nintendo is targeting this at "big publishers and indie
devs alike," as most indies won't have the track record/experience to
become licensees, much less afford dev kits. I know Reggie says they're
almost free, but what do they REALLY cost?

Anyway, couldn't hurt to apply for a license!
Ben Lewis
Yatec Games
Marketing and Sales
(225)274-1550  Ext. 149
www.yatecgames.com <http://www.yatecgames.com/>  
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Joe Pantuso
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:53 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] WiiWare/Wii Software
"All our SDKs and dev tools are already--I don't want to call them
inexpensive--they're darn near free to developers. This is unlike our
competitors, where you have to spend a lot of money building high-res
assets to be competitive. So in that sense, there's almost no cost to
developers; the tools are already available at rock-bottom prices. We're
providing the venue and light of day for games that might not have
gotten attention otherwise." 
 
quoted from here;
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2007/06/27/reggie-on-his-
big-plans-for-a-little-nintendo-wiiware.aspx 
 
I haven't seen any contact information yet, didn't turn up anything on a
quick run through the wii.com <http://wii.com/>  and nintendo sites
either. 
On 6/27/07, A. Schneider < gamgo at gmx.de <mailto:gamgo at gmx.de> > wrote: 

any information about the needed SDK?
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