Wii SW sales in Japan for 2008.

[ItsaMii]

trestres said:
@ItsaMii: I like how Wii fans get pissed about this when I say it, but it's the truth. I'm not a kid, I don't like crappy shooters like you kiddo imply. This has got nothing to do with gaming tastes, what's really surprising IMO is seeing that the Wii is so buried in terms of SW sales, not even the sequel to We Ski sold remotely decent, when the first game sold well. Games like Tenchu 4, which prequels have sold relatively good before, bombed badly. Even Wii Music isn't doing that hot.

I can only figure out that the Wii userbase there is made up in the majority of casual gamers. Casual not meaning gamers who like party games and stuff, but casual meaning people who barely play games, and only bought the Wii just because.

 

First of all I am allergic to stupid arguments and faulty logic no matter where it comes from. Second, I wonder if you are truly not that smart or you are just FUD spewing fake Wii supporter. You can`t go right and left at the same time. You support muttually exclusive arguments.

1) You tell us it is a bad thing that 3rd party software don`t sell enough  on the Wii

2) You make threads telling us that nearly every 3rd party game on the Wii is crap and hope they flop

What is your logical conclusion? We should buy more shovelware so that 3rd parties support the Wii with high quality games?

Also, you make a lot of lame points. You did not name a game that deserve to sell more and/or sold less than previous installments.

I can explain We Ski. It is simple people bought the first one, it was an ok game. Then they decided to release another one believing that the brandname alone would sell it. They make the sequel with the same engine and 70% of the content equal to the last one. They expect people to pay full price for this. The same is happening with Carnival games, RRR, Game Party. Do you see a trend? The audience that buys the same game every year is Xbox 360 crowd. The most "hardcore" and proud gamers around. These "casuals" are smarter than most people give them credit for.  For every successful Carnival Games there are more than 10 minigame compilations that barelly break the 10 k barrier. If you really feel bad for the sequel to those games doing less than good, you should really get your head checked.

You did not see or play Tenchu 4. It got everything you love in Wii game. Waggle for simple commands like moving, attacking, rolling, dodge. Graphics to make the PS2 laugh at it. Dumbed down gameplay for the retarded Wii userbase that never played a game before. Also, Tenchu series was never a good one. It is know for its glitches and crappy controls and mediocre visuals.

Last you made very stupid assumptions about 3rd parties. The PS3 being the better platfom. Did you ignore profit and development cycles when examining those games? Do you really think that Namco is happy with those 140 k Soul Calibur 4 sales? Family Trainer made almost the same in revenue (same units sold) and did not take 2 years of development and talented guys. Tales of Symphonia RK cost a fraction of what Soul Calibur 4 and Tales of Vesperia (a good assumption) and outsold both. The floptastic Infinite Undiscovery had a hard time outselling the Chocobo game for the Wii. The crappy FF for Wiiware may even get a bigger raw profit than UI. Are you telling me that Konami is jumping in joy that after 3-4 years in development and a budget of almost 100 million bucks, MGS 4 sold 660 k in Japan? Even worldwide it may still be in the break even, small profit stage. A Sega arcade port (Ghost Squad) sold almost the same as Virtua Fighter. Where do you think those losses that Sega suffered in previous quarters came from, Valkyria Chronicles, Yakuza, Sonic the Hedgehog or Sonic and Mario, arcade porsts (House of the Dead, Ghost Squad), Sonic and the secret rings?

Summing up: you wish the Wii userbase bought more minigame compilations, ports, licensed shovelware, decadent franchises (Tenchu, DBZ, Toshiden) and spin offs that could make any fan cry (Soul Calibur Legends, Castlevania Judgement).