| zleep said: @Peachbuggy: And I forgot to add games like Sonic Unleashed, Sonic and the Secret Rings, NiGHTS, Soul Calibur Legends, Zack&Wiki, No More Heros, Captain Rainbow, Castlevania Judgement, Samurai Warriors Katana, Devil Kings Heroes, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Bleach Versus Crusade, both RE ports and a lot more. It looks like that for a core game to succeed in Japan on the Wii, what is needed is that the game should be in a very famous and big franchise, if not it will flop. My aforementioned reasoning is why I believe that neither FFCC: EoT nor Trace Memory will sell much in the coming weeks, and it shouldnt feel like a surprise. In fact people should take a good look at my post and realize what does and what doesnt sell on the Wii. Big things like Samurai Warriors 3, MH3, MHG, Wii Sports Resort, DQX, the next Tales of game, FFCC:TCB will do good, very good. Games like Dead Rising, FFCC:EoT, Trace Memory, Sonic & The Black Knight, Madworld, Arc Rise Fantasia, Little Kings Story, Kizuna, the other Haruhi game, Sin & Punishment 2, Punch-Out!!, Phantom Brave will struggle to get some decent numbers. What the Wii needs, and needs fast is some big franchises to arrive. So far no third party has risked itself, all the Wii got were spin-offs. Capcom, SE, Koei, Namco are all trying, and late this year and early next year, Wii will see its first bunch of main series games from big franchises. Theres no doubt they will sell. |
Not saying you're wrong (although a bit on the negative side), but there is a good explanation:
Wii gets a lot of the smaller games. Probably good, but not the big series. The issue is that publishers need to build a genre on a console with their AAA series so later there's a userbase for the smaller games.
No one can expect Capcom VS and fighters to sell well when the big ones, Tekken, Soul Calibur, StreetFighter 4,aren't coming to that console.
Tales of Symphonia 2 sold very well, but the main game was on 360, hence the core Tales fanbase chose that one.
All the big JRPGs so far haven't been on Wii, so a niche RPG like Fragile will have trouble finding the audience.
Only now are we seeing the top series coming to Wii with a main game: Samurai Warriors, Tales, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter will not only sell well, but also provide a userbase for smaller J-games.
