| greenmedic88 said: It has still been the slowest moving title in the Wii series. - despite the current marketing effort in support of Wii Music - despite a basic lack of Nintendo games this season - despite record breaking hardware sales (strongest to date) - despite being targeted at new users who want the different Wii style game experience And despite having been in development since the very inception of the Wii. It's not like the game was an unfinished concept or lacked any of the polish people expect of a Nintendo game. Nobody can claim there is currently any game that is cannibalizing Wii Music sales, so there really isn't any excuse. About the only thing that can be blamed is the basic concept itself, which some have tried to interpret as a high-browed approach to music games while ignoring that the basic appeal of Wii series games is instant accessibility for anyone, regardless of gaming (or non-gaming) background. It was a given it would eventually pass the million seller mark, and should still continue to sell at a consistent rate, even after the holiday season, but when compared with Wii Fit (not an entirely fair comparison) the type of sales rates Wii Music has been seeing is hardly anything to celebrate and praise. |
Fair is fair. Considering it had to overcome a lot of bad mouthing from reviewers, and others who were not prepared to even grant it a fair hearing, let’s look at sales honestly. One third of that million came from "Others" where it wasn't released until Nov 14. Granted it did not do its million in week one but it did have competition; Guitar Hero World Tour was released within a week in both NA and others.
Guitar Hero is considered very successful but it has a long way to go to get a million.
Predictably Wii Music was a game that was going to have to develop a market. On one end it is instantly accessible to even the smallest child. And we are finding out that for people with musical talent it apparently offers depth and subtlety.
The “warrior class” gamers find it as unappealing and as frightening as having your mommy/wife/s.o. send you to the store for a box of tampons.
It will have Legs like Marlene Dietrich and will still be selling when people have forgotten where Freedom City is
