Mark Graham writes "All this week, UK games development site Develop has been running a series of fittings under its 'WiiWare Week' banner, analyzing developer's affections for, and the possible success of Nintendo's upcoming WiiWare digital distribution platform. Most revealing is the claim that computerized game has been secretly 'waging war' on the likes of Sony and Microsoft by capitalizing on frustrations over cuts to the Xbox Live Arcade royalty rate (down from 70% to 35% for any game making under $4m in revenue) and talking up the service's access to a wide audience to win over development support. It mug* commentary from both established developers (such as David Braben, creator of Elite, and Scott Orr, creator of Madden) — and indie teams (developers of new WiiWare games Pop and Gravitronix) making launch games for the service."

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