Does Wii need to outsell PS3 + 360 to lure 3rd parties?

[Garcian Smith]

Hus said:

robjoh said:

Hus said:

Biggerboat said:

Hus said:
Well for one they can expect better sales on 360/PS3 then wii.

Can it out sale both, PS2 did double what its competition combined did. Its possible but will it, no.

I wouldn't be so sure.

When Wii launched it must have been something like 7-8 mill behind 360 + PS3 & now it's around 4. If it continues at anywahere close to this pace then it will pass the sum of the 2 consoles sooner rather than later. Wii's attach ratio is also pretty damn good which helps.

I think Wii needs to force devs to develop for it as they would rather make games that they know will be recieved well than ones which are based around a new interface, aimed at an enigmatic and mixed user base.

Just use vg numbers and take a look at multi platform game sales on PS3/360/wii. 360/Ps3 attach rate is better.

The new Madden will show how things are.

The problem with this idea is that you are saying that the multiplatgames is what 3rd party should look at. Red Steel and Rayman has both sold 1 million WW. No 3rd party has done that on PS3.

Of course 360 is another beast, but to state that Wii:s software sales is bas is actualy false.

AS Biggerboat also said, there is games that actualy sold better on Wii than PS3. Potter is one (at least in UK), The bigs did great.

How about they look at their own numbers, EAs Need for speed carbon numbers.

190K on Wii, 300k on PS3, 1 million on 360

Now do you really wonder why Burnout Paradise a huge Ip for EA is PS3/360 and not on the wii ?

That's an unfair comparison. Just look at the gamerankings numbers for each:

 X360: 78.0%

PS3: 74.8%

 Wii: 65.4%

 EA focused most of their efforts on the PS2, 360, and PS3 versions, while the Wii version was just a quick-and-dirty PS2 port with tacked-on motion controls that didn't work well. So, of course the Wii version didn't sell as much as the other two; it sucked.

As they say, garbage in, garbage out. Or, in this case, garbage development, garbage sales.