3rd Party Sales in Japan (360, Wii, PS3) - Top 10

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Viper said:Reggie merely reiterated what many 3rd parties had already been announcing.

Why though? Do they need reassuring?

OriGin said: Some of those titles are definately very poor, but who is there to claim excuses apart from the 3rd party developers themselves? The games that are very low on that list just don't suit the Japanese market at the moment, and honestly I don't blame them for not selling because they are incredibly poor. The Japanese buyer is much smarter these days, they don't buy crap games any more, clear and simple, they don't (unless it's an anime spin off :P)!!

Yet that is almost a complete list of 3rd party games in Japan. I only missed off the top two as they had OK sales. Everything else? Far from it. Are you saying that practically all 3rd party games so far are incredibly poor? Don't forget that Sonic has just bombed too, and that has generally favourable reviews.

OriGin said: But I can pull out alltime Japanese sales for any of the current gen platforms and they all have some low performing titles across the board, YES even the DS has games that have sold under 6000 units LTD.

Indeed, but here we are talking about practically every 3rd party Wii game released.

OriGin said: What sort of proof do you want about the ease and cheapness of development on Wii? I think denying the fact that it is cheaper and FAR easier to develop for is being delusional hanafuda, you cannot seriously think that development costs are the same on Wii? I can go and dig up proof if you want to, but I really can't be bothered because it's such a pitiful and stupid argument to make, I shouldn't even bother to refute it.

Everyone and their dog seems to quote it, yet I don't think I have seen one single explanation as to why. Just give me an explanation that makes sense.

OriGin said: The comments about Reggie saying huge 3rd party development is coming to the Wii also... I can't understand how you think Nintendo are the ones that are nervous? Where do you get that from considering they are topping the sales charts in every region.

Precisely. When you are on top, you don't need to make any bold claims. Why would they need to even mention this if things were so rosy? The Wii itself may be selling better than the rivals, but the software is a different story entirely.