Why the Wii could fail

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robjoh said:

Hus said:

shams said: By that reasoning, it will win - as the Wii is an easy port from the PS2 (the most successful console ever), whereas the other 2 platforms are not.

dude is that supposed to be serious ? ........................

shams said: - HD / graphics *cannot* hurt the Wii. Its already accepted that it has WORSE graphics - this can only hurt the 360/PS3.

they already are, PS3 Madden out sold wii madden. All of Ea's sports games will do better on PS3/360, with Ea having to make a specific wii version... will it be worth it for them. Wii with twice the units is getting outsold.

shams said: - 3rd party support can only (partially) hurt the Wii. Nintendo will always support it, and this is where most sales come from. If the Wii succeeds in the market, economics ensures that 3rd-party support will follow.

madden economics dont help. Spend 20 mill on a PS3/360 version... and then 10 mill on a wii...... that sells less then the PS3 version.

shams said: - online (or lack of) can't hurt it. Firstly we *know* its coming (and it does work) - so its just a matter of time. Secondly people have been going gaga over the Wii - without any significant online support (except for VC). Online can only be a bonus - not a negative (although it could shorten its lifetime).

time is the wiis enemy... between live and home wiis online will be a joke.

Note this is for USA.

First: PS3 Madden has outsold Wii Madden, BUT CoD3 Wii has outsold CoD3 PS3.

Second: The best 3rd party on Wii has sold more than the best 3rd party on PS3. The second best Wii 3rd party game has sold as much as the best selling 3rd party title on PS3

Third: There is more 3rd party software sales on Wii than on PS3 for the moment. Wii (3rd party) has 3 games above 300k, 3 games above 200k, 5 games above 100k. PS3 (3rd Party) has 1 game above 300k, 1 game above 200k and 6 games above 100k.

If you are going to state something about 3rd party software sales, do it correctly please and don't just use the numbers you want to show.

 

The swede has a point here. Besides, the main reason why PS3 Madden outsold Wii Madden, was that PS3 dont come with a game. Casino Royale dont much help if you want to play games. And Madden is popular in the US and its an easy-to-access game (like Wii Sports). So even with PS3 people dont necessarily want complex games, they want what Wii has to offer. But 3rd party support (or possible lack of it, which seems unlikely), is the only reason i see why Wii could "fail". HDTV doesnt possibly mean anything, because people buing HDTV:s are buing it because its new and same people buys Wiis because its something new. Besides, when they buy HD sets and watch SD programs, they get disappointed and wont believe that 360 and PS3 will look any better, so its the same to buy Wii. With Wiis HD output, it will look much better than TV programs they have watched with the new TV. By the way, Wii does support HD, it can do the lower HD, which is 480p.