[casual_games] WiiWare/Wii Software

[Alex Amsel]

Compared to other platform holders it's darn near free, and also much 
easier to get kits.

Ben Lewis wrote:

> 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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Alex Amsel
Tuna Technologies Ltd (Sheffield, UK)
Cross Platform Game Development
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