"According to an IGN article, citing the Nikkei Business Daily, several Japanese developers claim that Nintendo has been the only beneficiary of the Wii's success.
These develpers claim that, while Nintendo was able to predict demand for the console, other publishers were forced to play catch up, quickly producing titles which often didn't sell."
The second paragraph answers the first.
Only Nintendo has benefited from the Wii... Because only Nintendo did anything to benefit.
That said, Dragon Quest Swords has sold more than any third party PS3 or 360 effort.
As for the fad argument, It's only a fad if no games are released for it, and Especially in Japan, big games are coming.
I'm not really putting much stock in that article. The wii hasn't had a big game in Japan since Mario Party. Is it any suprise sales are dropping? It seems like the past months of phsychotic sales have left people expecting far too much. It's still selling pretty damn well people!
I'm a mod, come to me if there's mod'n to do.
Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
