I think really what we are seeing is large bases of persistent buyers on the PS3 and 360 while this base for Wii is not as prevalent. Games still will sell well on Wii but it'll take time to see those full effects. I think GHIII is a perfect example of that. Does that mean PS3 and 360 have more core gamers that would fit those kinds of buyers? Probably but Wii has that too but considering these are the Nintendo core crowd they only show up big on the Nintendo titles. Looking at trends of SMG, SSBB, and MK Wii are a testament to that.
So Star Wars is really no exception. Really one thing going from the beginning against it was that it was announced a hell of a lot later but I can see why people are wondering while SW plus Wii isn't instant explosion. Well that hype for the first month would mainly come from that persistent buying crowd I talked about which won't show up to much when they find out SW: TFU is not the true lightsaber game they wanted. (Note that Wii Motion Plus Star Wars will be huge haha for this reasoning). However the mainstream and casual buying crowd that has which is much more extensive than PS3 and 360's will never know that. They'll see Star Wars and Wii and recognize the same hype and buy instantly. It's just that instantaneous buy won't happen on the first day or week or month. Who knows whne it will happen. But becuase there is so many of them there will be strong persistent sales on a weekly basis as they figure it out tied in with a huge jump in the holiday season.
Don't believe me? Well its all in the sales trends. Go back and look at some Wii games that were pretty mainstream before holidays and then look at them during the holidays. Madden 08 is probably the best example but there is a good bit more. SW: TFU should follow similar trends. Stay steady without holiday weeks and then explode during the holidays.
And this goes for all platforms, btw. Not just speaking of Wii. Just Wii's will be a more prevalent case considering it has more mainstream buyers than PS3 or 360.
