High Voltage - we're proving that the Wii isn't underpowered

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Vashyo said:

bardicverse said:

Vashyo said:
I doubt either game will sell over 1m in lifetime, both games would be easily better received on 360 or ps3, but people who have wii aren't your average gamers. Just look at madworld it's been out 13 weeks allready and it has sold barely over 200,000 copies even though it looks like a fun game and got good reviews. 3rd party games just don't sell as well as first parties like mario, zelda, wii-fit, etc

There's a big difference - Madworld had a weird art style, was rated M, and was very short and repetitive. In the end, it just wasn't a good game. Think of Alone in the Dark that came out last year, very similar reception. Has little to do with the audience, just a crappy product.

Conduit will likely sell 1.5 mil, and as for Grinder, its hard to say - depends on how its advertised/hype buildup

Well "No more Heroes" which I consider to be the best game on the console has only sold around 400,000 copies according to vgchartz stats. Violent games just won't sell that well on wii, saleswise wii's own franchises sell the best (mario,zelda,metroid, etc) and everything else does average or poorly.

What about Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, House of the Dead 2&3, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty World at War, and Red Steel?

Could it be possible that new IPs with highly distinctive art styles and juvenile themes might just be a niche product? I have played (and enjoyed) both games, but they're both very similar (in a lot of ways) to Killer7 which didn't perform well on the PS2 and NO ONE questioned whether a "Mature" game could sell on the PS2; even games like Bully and Manhunt 2 performed well against their PS2 counterparts given that Bully was a two year old port and still got 2/3 the sales of the PS2 version, and Manhunt 2 sold exactly like the PS2 version did (which was similar to how the original title sold on the PS2 if I'm not mistaken).