Was Nintendo's 2008 flop of a lineup merely an issue with perception?

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TacoBoy49 said:
If Wii's 2008 was a flop, then the PS3's line up was an abysmal abomination. Wii fit sold over 15 million, and sony's biggest and most montrous first party game was Little Big Planet selling 2million with excessive bundles. hmmm, a $90 game than sells 15 million, or a free game that sells 2 million.

 

It's called a flop by some due to the excessive complains about the lack of really huge titles released by Nintendo in the last 7 months....But 2008 wasn't a flop, the first half of 2008  was maybe the best 6 months the Wii will ever have in term of quality software releases...

Say what you want but HD consoles have had a steady stream of titles that seem to please customers ( holydays were packed and post holydays didn't slow down with Re5, KZ2, Halo Wars).

LBP wasn't bundled in the US....

And yeah Wii Fit sold a lot more, no Sony or Microsoft title wasn't going to get close but you have to remember too that the competition on the HD console is a lot bigger too, there's not 1 title that really outshine everything else.

There have been like 7-8 titles released the last 6 months that core HD owners might realistically want to play.

The hype doesn't stay on one title because every month there is a new huge title coming....( LBP, Re2, Gears 2, CoD, Re5, KZ2, Halo Wars, Fable 2, GH:WT, RB2, DeadSpace, Mirror Edge, PoP all those titles were released the last 6 months...).

That's one reason no HD console will ever have the legs of any Wii game, the hype moves on as there are constantly new worthy titles coming out. Whereas if you ask a core Wii owner what is the best title for the Wii they will probably tell you Mk Wii which is a year old.

GTA4 was considered the best on PS3 by some 10 months ago, then it was MGS4, then LBP and now some will tell you the best title is KZ2...