In a recent blog entry in which he answers a series of questions posed to him, videogame developer Cory Barlog (best known for his work on God of War and God of War II) reveals that he is very interested in developing for the Nintendo Wii, this despite initially being unimpressed by the system and its games.

In his written answer, Barlog cites the Nintendo Wii’s relatively low development costs in comparison to the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, as well as hinting that the machine has a lot of scope for interesting game design.

any intrest [sic] of making a game on the wii? hahaha

Cory Barlog:YES! Even though I was less than impressed with my Wii, as well as a lot fo the games I have played, I would love to make a game on this system. I think there is a lot to be done with it. Plus…it’s like a BILLION times cheaper to make a Wii game versus a 360 or PS3 game…which is good. Making a 40 or 50 million dollar game is cool, I love making big games don’t get me wrong, but you have soooo many more masters with their hands in the creative pot when that kind of money is getting thrown around.

Hopefully when the game industry becomes more comfortable with those budget numbers things will get better. I mean, we were just getting used to 20-30 million when the next gen came around and now big games are costing double. I heard MGS4 costs 70 million. Which actually sounds ludicrous to me, but in a way it doesn’t if you factor int he MGS4 and MGS online…and the tons of cinematics and long development time…it could get up to that.

Interesting stuff, no? If Barlog is indeed planning to work on a Nintendo Wii title, what sort of game would you like? Feel free to ramble and speculate in the comments section below.