Squilliam on 29 January 2009
| dib8rman said: Hmm, so VGC numbers are off - Sven an employee of Capcom which has asset ties to NPD and that VGC hurts NPD confirms that Capcom didn't even ship 500k so how could 500k sell through. Reality check is that VGC is wrong or that Sven doesn't appreciate the gaming press's one true ability to resound his voice across the internet. This in turn means that he's publicly saying that Capcom has made a loss on the Wii platform, and that they still see success with their multiplatforming ambitions on the HD twins. I'm not sure if that's a very smart thing to say... 'Capcom doesn't know how to sell to the Wii install base." Of course their was him litterally saying that they tested the game with 'Wii gamers' and found certain percieved value markers - we'll see how that plays out. But honestly the expanded audience is roughly 30% of Wii owners, I believe that number came with consideration of who in the household plays the system the most to the least. Capcom is saying that the gamers they tested appreciated the same values as the Xbox gamers... I believe right away he's knocking away 30% of the install base. I'm looking forward to that spyborgs game though. |
Errr, what if you're wrong and hes right? Don't kill the messenger, even if its MSN. 
I would say the simplest answer at this point is that Vgc is wrong, Sven is right about the sales numbers and profitability. Conspiracy theories just make Occam's Razor itchy.
Tease.
