Reggie: Third parties don't "get" the Wii, more

[Esa-Petteri]

donathos said:

Esa-Petteri said:

 

In my opinion, they would propably sell something like 25% of what those games are selling with mario on them. :p

 

 Maybe you're right, especially for the first in a new franchise. Maybe not even 25%. But let's say Mario Kart sells 10m. A quarter of that would be 2.5m, which wouldn't be bad for an IP, right?

The point is, if third parties could innovate (not just copy) something inline with Wii's audience, an audience that gobbles up things like Wii Fit, Brawl, and Guitar Hero III -- but not CoD for whatever reason -- and put it out with the same sort of quality and polish that Nintendo does, they could have great success there.

It would not be bad. But since there is a mario kart, that kind of game would not sell 2,5 million. It would propably sell very poorly. That is why third parties won't copy that kind of games. I really fail to see what is innovative with brawl, kart and galaxy. For me, they are pretty much the same games as n64/cube versions.