| Groucho said: The "legs" issue is the only outstanding one... at this point, this game needs legs on the Wii in order to stand up to the HD versions. I'm sure its still paying the bills -- the license almost ensures that. But this is a strong indicator for 3rd parties, as to which console to focus on, as a primary, and that could be a concern for Wii owners in the future, with regards to overall game quality. |
Here's my problem - the game isn't of very high quality. I've played it, and it isn't anything special - it's a traditional game with a metacritic of under 70. This means the sales are pigeonholed into just the Star Wars demographic, whom are older gamers just fine with traditional controls & better graphics. The Wii version doesn't offer enough to offset the HD consoles' benefits for these fans.
If this is an indication that the Wii will not get high budget, mediocre titles, I don't think Wii owners will care all that much. If a big "adult" Wii game is to outsell those on the HD consoles, there must be a very compelling reason to pick the Wii version over the HD consoles. This is difficult to pull off for traditional games, especially "AAA" titles, since so much of the budget is thrown into the graphics. If Assassin's Creed went multiplatform, I'd bet on its sales ratio being similar to TFU.
For a Wii game to perform well, it takes more than just throwing tons of money into a game's budget. This is the reason large third parties fear it.
