| jman8 said: I don't know how many times on this site I've seen people state that the larger the install base leads to the largest profit. I've also seen the argument, "such and such million selling PS2 game sold poorly considering the 120 million install base." Well here's some data from the latest Japanese sales charts that show install base isn't everything. http://kotaku.com/5043640/japanese-gamers-love-soccer-hate-new-square-enix-ip 2 new releases from highly reputable companies that are well loved in Japan sold quite poorly. Inazuma Eleven (DS) - 41,000 / NEW by Level 5 Sigma Harmonics (DS) - 23,000 / NEW by Square Enix (Yohinori Kitase is involved in this game too which brings a lot of credibility to title.) So everyone who thinks the Wii is automatically going to get a ton of games b/c of it's huge numbers or anybody who thinks games are going to start drying up on other lesser selling systems, think again. Install base isn't everything. |
Games fail on any system all the time, what are you talking about? Are you saying those games would have been successful on another system? Are you saying that there is no reason these games should fail? All good games have to be a success right?
Using Square Enix as an example is a very bad idea. They make a living off of the DS, and considering the low costs of making a DS game this isn't going to affect them much at all.
currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X
