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Gamerace on 21 July 2008
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Tuulikk said:
Gamerace said:
The Conduit won't prove a thing. It's not showing to be inspired enough to generate outstanding sales. Due to lack of competition it might well sell 1-2m but that's really not saying much.

If a FPS sold on Wii like CoD4 or Halo 3 does on 360 then 3rd parties would stand up and take notice. The Conduit will likely be seen as a novelty - nothing more.

 

When you think about the cost of Conduit being less compared to FPS games on Xbox 360 and PS3, selling as much as Metroid Prime 3 or as much as 2m will prove something and it will spawn a sequel to Conduit and maybe get more studios/publishers try to do their own Wii exclusive FPS games.

I think you guys missed my point.  If it sells 1-2m it's only because there's no competition, not because there's a viable market...   There MAY be a market for FPS, but those types of sales won't prove it.   Sales of 3m+ would.    If Conduit sales 1+m with no competition then HVS can safely make a sequel but don't expect a flood of FPS to Wii.   A mere 1m+ would suggest the FPS market is too small to support multiple FPS on the console.   And since The Conduit is not looking like a dynamic enough FPS to pull sales away from the FPSs on HD consoles (for multi-console owners)  nor will it appeal to many casual owners (it will appeal to some) then 1-2m is the most it can realistically hope for.  

It won't prove anything to anyone without surprisingly large sales.   It's no more a Wii core game saviour than Heavenly Sword or Uncharted or Ratchet and Clack were PS3 sales saviours.  It should do well but that's about it.