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theRepublic on 11 May 2008

The OP seems to be claiming that GTA IV has seriously hurt the sales of Mario Kart Wii. I would say that Mario Kart Wii is performing just fine compared to other recent Nintendo releases.

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Super+Mario+Galaxy+-+Wii&reg2=All&game2=Super+Smash+Bros+Brawl+-+Wii&reg3=All&game3=Mario+Kart+Wii+-+Wii&weeks=30

I would say there's no way the Mario Kart Wii launch could have gone any better.

As for Nintendo going head to head with GTA IV, I think the amount of hardware that Nintendo moved last week speaks for itself.



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sc94597 on 11 May 2008
RolStoppable said:

Nice thread with an interesting point of view from the OP. But it falls clearly short of this one.

I would say that everyone expected GTAIV to initially sell (much) more than Mario Kart Wii. No surprise here.


 Lmao.



fazz on 11 May 2008
RolStoppable said:

Nice thread with an interesting point of view from the OP. But it falls clearly short of this one.


Great response Rol, here, have this:



XiaoMay on 11 May 2008

In a way, if you think that Mario Kart was developped very fast and didnt cost anything to Nintendo...

also it DID perform very very well...

just look at Wii sales : it s Wii > Xbox360+ PS3 in USA when GTA4 went out !!!!

I think Nintendo did very well in placing it s game at this time



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amp316 on 11 May 2008

So how would the OP feel if I made a post called Wii owns PS3 and Xbox 360? Just asking.



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LordTheNightKnight on 11 May 2008
amp316 said:
So how would the OP feel if I made a post called Wii owns PS3 and Xbox 360? Just asking.

It would still be flamebait.

Then again, you shouldn't go just by post names on this site, since you can't edit them. Yet the OP seems to match the title. 



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FJ-Warez on 11 May 2008
XiaoMay said:
In a way, if you think that Mario Kart was developped very fast and didnt cost anything to Nintendo...

also it DID perform very very well...

just look at Wii sales : it s Wii > Xbox360+ PS3 in USA when GTA4 went out !!!!

I think Nintendo did very well in placing it s game at this time


 Kind of, the first pics appeared last year, on July... so little dev time, probably regular budget, MK:Wii did it very well vs the last MK, but nobody (nobody sane) thought about MK:Wii beating GTA...

 

Edit:  Was MK:Wii supposed to beat one of the most hyped franchises of this gen???



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dsoverpsp on 11 May 2008

well - MK Wii was not expected to have a big launch - it's a game with legs



FishyJoe on 11 May 2008

If you really want an interesting comparison, take a look at Guitar Hero vs GTA.

There is a good argument to be made that Guitar Hero has become a bigger franchise than GTA.

Lifetime sales of GHIII could surpass any version of GTA.

GH generates more profit and revenue than GTA through DLC, expansion packs, guitars and accessories.

The Guitar Hero games can cycle every 12-18 months vs 2-3 years for GTA.

The development costs for GH are far lower than most other big releases. 



psrock on 11 May 2008
FishyJoe said:
If you really want an interesting comparison, take a look at Guitar Hero vs GTA.

There is a good argument to be made that Guitar Hero has become a bigger franchise than GTA.

Lifetime sales of GHIII could surpass any version of GTA.

GH generates more profit and revenue than GTA through DLC, expansion packs, guitars and accessories.

The Guitar Hero games can cycle every 12-18 months vs 2-3 years for GTA.

put GTA on the wii, the guitar hero argument is no more.



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