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Tuulikk on 22 July 2008
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Gamerace said:
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.

 

Not only. People will not buy Conduit if it ain't on their radar (needs advertisment) and they won't buy the game if ain't reviewed as a good game or doesn't look good. The 1-2m in sales has to come from somewhere and it is true that less competition in the FPS area might help, but only that, help.

If Conduit does good, then the market for FPS will grow and other games will do good. But I don't think there will be a flood of FPS games no matter how Conduit does and I really don't want a flood of FPS games for Wii. And I still think that WWII FPS games will do bad on Wii.