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sethnintendo on 12 May 2009
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Dno said:
mowe said:

OK.

Gears of War - 5.88m
Assassin's Creed (360) - 4.49m
Resistance - 3.59m
Assassin's Creed (PS3) - 3.36m
Uncharted - 2.34m
Bioshock - 2.16m
Left 4 Dead - 2.16m
Mass Effect - 2.04m
Saint's Row - 1.94m
Lost Planet - 1.77m
Dead Rising - 1.65m
Crackdown - 1.49m
Army of Two - 1.46m
Heavenly Sword -1.36m

All those were new, mature IP's that enjoyed a good amount of sales success. I'd say this proves that even mediocre games like Heavenly Sword can be successful on HD consoles.

Now I want you to find me about that many Wii games that are new IP's and are mature games and sold reasonably well.

Those stats (or lack thereof) are what I use to form my opinion that the Wii has not proved itself as a viable mature gaming platform, in comparison to the HD consoles. I think developers also take this into consideration when deciding which platforms to design their game for, leading to what I believe is a lack of new mature games on Wii. Maybe my thinking is wrong here, but I honestly would love to be proven wrong.

Owned

 

 

Oh yea he so owned me considering the Wii barely has even gotten any new IPs that are M rated.  I can think of Madworld, No More Heroes and RE:UC as being new IPs that are M rated.  Half of those games he listed were hyped like no other.  I bet a large percentage of people that bought Halo bought Gears when it came out.  Saints Row is pretty much a copy of GTA.  Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead are zombie killing titles which usually sell decently since everyone loves zombies.  Resistance was a launch title when there wasn't really much available on the PS3 at the time. 


How can the Wii prove itself as a viable M rated gaming platform when the there are so few M rated titles being released.  You have to first release the titles for there to be any proof.  It would be like saying there is no life on other planets just because we haven't found any yet.  So lets look at some M rated titles that have been released granted that most aren't new IPs.

 

Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition - 1.57m

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles - 1.27m

CoD:WaW - 1.13m

The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return - .97m

No More Heroes - .40m

Madworld - .20m

 

Madworld will probably at least reach .5 - 1m lifetime.  CoD:WaW didn't do well at all at first but has been selling steady.  No More Heroes did well enough to grant it a sequel.  So if you want to set bs guidelines about the Wii not proving itself since there are hardly any M rated games even released then how about this guideline.  All HD games are a failure if they can't sell as well as Mario Kart, Wii Play, or Wii Fit.