r2007 on 25 March 2007
mrstickball said:
HappySqurriel said:
One thing to consider is which system had the "Better" or at least more anticipated titles?
Maybe I don't know Japan well enough but I would suspect that Virtual Fighter, Ridge Racer and Gundam Mousou were all much bigger series than most of what has been released for the Wii so far; just consider that most of the Virtual Fighter and Ridge Racer games sold more in their first week than either of these games will sell in their first year.
I would agree that this aspect is very true - RR7, Gundam Mousou and VF5 are all VERY large sequals. The only major 3rd party game was DBZ2 - which did well.
However, if the Wii's ultra-poor 3rd party sales continue in Japan, it might not bode well for *some* Japaneese devs. I am CERTAIN games like DQ will sell insane.
However, it is kinda dishearenting when the top 3rd party game did less than any Nintendo game. I guess this shows where the loyalty of the Wii fanbase is in Japan.
Another problem is facing tougher launch competition from 1st party. From Wii you have Wii Sports and Wii Play along with Wario and Zelda. So with an atach ratio of around 3 games per console it's obvious that 3rd party won't do well unless you really have a good game or an antecipated title like dbz.
Let's see now with DQ and One Piece Unlimited Adventure.
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