| Gamerace said: Wii Sports and Wii Fit are now old news. Nintendo knows more than anyone you have to keep grasping people imagination to keep interest up. Early results show Wii Music is failing to do that. |
I definitely don't agree with this. When they say they need to offer new experiences, I don't think they're talking about yearly intervals. What has been selling the DS? Brain Age, Nintendogs, NSMB and others all came out over 2 years ago, and the DS has had its best year yet. The Wii has Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, and massive third party support (much more than the DS had, I believe). There will be plenty of extra hype from WSR / MotionPlus early next year, and who knows what they have in store for the future.
A single game's failure cannot stop all this momentum, especially considering Wii Fit and Mario Kart just came out months ago (I'm sure that counts as "new" for the expanded audience, they're still buying the 3 year old Nintendogs). I can understand the alarming need for generating more interest in Japan, but that isn't an area Sony or Microsoft have any chance at anyway.
@triplebph
Take a look at this graph:
http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=Japan&game1=Big+Brain+Academy%3A+Wii+Degree+-+Wii®2=Others&game2=Big+Brain+Academy%3A+Wii+Degree+-+Wii®3=America&game3=Big+Brain+Academy%3A+Wii+Degree+-+Wii&weeks=70&weekly=1
Notice how low the sales are, yet it creeps up to near 3mil? Its massive spikes are during the holiday season, which we haven't yet seen for Wii Music. Also notice where most of its sales comes from: the Others market. In the past, that market has been able to carry games' sales up single handedly. Big Brain Academy took over a year to see a price drop. Bargain bins, eh? The game is still selling, btw.
I'm willing to bet Wii Music will outdo that game.
