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Forums - Sales Discussion - Wii Starwars... less WW sales than either HD console? Why?

thekitchensink on 13 October 2008

The HD versions were actually marketed.

You see a TV ad with these jawesome visuals, a guy picking up and throwing 20 other guys into a wall with startling realism, then you pick up the Wii version of the game.

"WTF?!?! These graphics suck!"

You look at the Xbox 360 version--"F*** Yeah!"

People know about the strengths of the HD versions, but no one off of the interwebz knows about the lightsaber motion control.



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exindguy on 13 October 2008
Groucho said:
leo-j said:
Maybe because the PS360 versions are superior?

Or because its not AAA? lol

 

The game has sold well over two million copies.  I think it qualifies as AAA.

I suppose that also makes Carnival Games AAA?

 




wfz on 13 October 2008
Groucho said:
leo-j said:
Maybe because the PS360 versions are superior?

Or because its not AAA? lol

 

The game has sold well over two million copies.  I think it qualifies as AAA.

 

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Falcon095 on 13 October 2008

To judge this kind of sales we should wait some time to see if the Wii has legs, because most of this kind of Wii games have good legs instead of good opening weeks (wich is what happen with the sport games)



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jkl2207 on 13 October 2008

Assuming that the bulk of the Wii owners are casual gamers then we could assume the following: Casual gamers don't tend to be early adopters. Hence they don't really care when they buy a game. So they may buy it later rather than sooner. Also Star wars would IMHO be targetted more to core gamers rather than casual. This is of course assuming that most Wii owners are casual gamers, and then for the core side you would have some of the Wii owners who also own PS3/360 and if you are in that category. Much like myself I know I would rather buy that game on a HD console if I wanted to buy it at all. Of course anything we talk about here is pure speculation unless you went to every single console owner and asked them why they didn't buy the game.

Stating a game is AAA simply on sales is a pure BS. Manufactured popstars have great sales of their CDs and DVDs but no one with any taste in music, would call their songs or albums great.



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kingofwale on 13 October 2008
thekitchensink said:
The HD versions were actually marketed.

You see a TV ad with these jawesome visuals, a guy picking up and throwing 20 other guys into a wall with startling realism, then you pick up the Wii version of the game.

"WTF?!?! These graphics suck!"

You look at the Xbox 360 version--"F*** Yeah!"

People know about the strengths of the HD versions, but no one off of the interwebz knows about the lightsaber motion control.

 

 

to use an analogy that Teenagers would understand.

You meet a normal looking girl at the club, she has good personality but okay looking. While her friend beside her looks absolutely stunning!

 

I believe this is what thekitchensink was trying to say.



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psrock on 13 October 2008

deja vu, huh.

Well, this is getting to be the norm around multiplatform games now. I am very curious to know what developers think of this. The Wii owners do not buy these games. Is it because most of theses owners also own a HD console?



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tarheel91 on 13 October 2008

You guys are making conclusions after less than a month? Wii games tend to be less front-loaded and have stronger legs. For all we know, the Wii version could outsell the other two.



lilwingman on 13 October 2008
leo-j said:
Maybe because the PS360 versions are superior?

qft.

 



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Smeags on 13 October 2008
Groucho said:

If this turns out to be a common occurance with Wii-X360-PS3 crossplat titles, what effects will it have, long-term, on the Wii?

 

Well, while there are titles (such as this) that have sold more on the PS3 or 360, there are also titles that have sold more on Wii than the 360 and PS3.

Sega Superstars Tennis
Wii: .65
360: .21
PS3: .10

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (here's a Star Wars game )
Wii: 1.40
360: .83
PS3: .55

Speaking of Lego, both Indy and Batman are also besting their PS3/360 cousins.

But, this'll just end up as a list war, and I don't want that. What it comes down to, especially for a game like Force Unleashed, is that comparative sales won't really matter in this case. It's like saying "Hey, the Wii sold 1.5 million compared to 360's 2 million. It still made us a bunch of money, but it sold less so we don't want a part of Wii. Sorry."

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