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

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Khuutra said:

Esa-Petteri said:
@bdbdbd

Sorry, your maelstrom memes don't work.

I say it once again. Mario kart, tp and smg sold nicely because what they are. They are the same nintendo franchices what sold well on snes,n64 and gamecube. They have nothing in common with those minigames. Except the best selling one, mario&sonic. Wonder why that is the best selling minigame collection out there. ;)

It does matter, since third parties don't have access to nintendo characters.

Just out of curiosity, can you name a minigame collection that did not sell well on wii?

The logic that these games only sell because of their brand is blow apart when you compare their sales to their Gamecube equivalents, and how they are still steaming ahead as fast as they can. If they sold on brand alone, then their sales would not much surpass those of past iterations, whereas they of course already have.

Third parties do not need access to Nintendo characters. The illusion is created by most third parties not being willing to throw their heavy weight behind the Wii - which, incidentally, is exactly what Reggie was saying.

As to minigame collections that didn't sell well? There are quite a few.

http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=25902&region=All
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=22523&region=All
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=3729&region=All
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=24000&region=All
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=26520&region=All

I can keep going.

 

Err...Mario Kart keeps selling like mad because well, there really hasn't been any huge title released on the Wii since it was released so  it tends to be the number one title the newcomer to the console pick.....

It's sales are actually similar to the previous iteration if you relate them to the install base...

Basically what you have is every week 40-45% of the new Wii users purchase Mario Kart Wii...

 

Back in the GC age, 40% of the new people purchasing a GC wasn't really that big of a number.....