Create spin-offs
The easiest way for developers to reconcile their need to push technology as well as leverage their most popular licenses on the Wii is to create spin-offs from the main series. Two excellent examples of this are Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Sonic and the Secret Rings, both of which have posted well over a million sales. For the largest developers, there really is no safer way to assure sales success. Unfortunately for Wii gamers, this normally means the games are handled by lesser talented teams or even by a completely different developer. Which leads to the next point…
