What Is It With The Wii?

[The_vagabond7]

NJ5 said:

The_vagabond7 said:
If the conduit doesn't manage to sell as well as Gears or Killzone, then you'll have your answer. I take that back, you don't have to wait that long.

COD WAW is sold on wii with twice the user base of either system and gets a tiny fraction of the sales. On 360 it's almost at 5 mil, PS3 almost 3 mil. Wii, almost 1 mil, with a vastly larger user base. You can speculate all you want as to why that is, but there is your reason. And with WaW it's not a quality issue. It's as faithful a port as a PS360 to wii conversion can be.

I don't understand. How does that explain the Wii not getting many multi-plats? Are you saying 1 million sales is something publishers can ignore? (times $20 or whatever else a publisher gets for a game sold)

 

You have to keep in mind the game doesn't just pop out of thin air, and finite resources have to be allocated. It's not a matter of is "1 million sales good", it's a matter of "can this team make something that would sell 2 million instead for less money." And that's what it comes down to. You can make a highbudget blockbuster and sell a million, or half that team making hannah montana and the other half making a party game. And for less time and money those two games will sell over a million. It's a matter of maximizing profits, not just saying "1 million is good".