Malstrom: Momentum

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mike_intellivision said:
I am not sure what to make of this latest posting. Because it basically means that Malstrom is saying the same thing as everyone else -- which is not something that he normally does.

Now let's go back to the details. I have asked this many times, but how does a game that sells 3M get called a "failure"? How does a game that outsells its predecessor get called a "failure"? AC:CF Wii sold 3M WW and 1.13M in Japan -- more than AC for the GC. Similarly, SMG outsold Sunshine in Japan as well as globally.

Now some might say -- that is to be expected as it is on 2x the install base. But less than 50 PS2 games have sold more than AC -- over a much longer time on a console with 2x the sales of the Wii.

The truth is that the Wii sales have slowed, even stalled. But it is not as if the PS3 and Xbox 360 are selling like hotcakes. Most weeks, the Wii is claiming close to if not 50 percent market share. To quote Bill Clinton "It's the economy stupid!"

The unemployment rate in the EU and US are both over 9 percent. It is an astronomically high (for the country) 5 percent in Japan. Folks worried about having jobs don't buy consoles!!

I am not going to say that Nintendo does not make mistakes. I am not going to say I would like to see more out of Nintendo. But I am going to say that it is not fair (or realistic) to expect Nintendo to supply 80 percent of the top sellers for its console while Sony and Microsoft generally only supply 20 percent.

Finally, even with this recent dip, the Wii is still tracking ahead of the PS2 and DS.
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS2&reg2=All&cons3=DS&reg3=All&weeks=156

Mike from Morgantown

Not that I necessarily agree with him, but I think Malstrom would say AC:CF 'failed' because it didn't sell like the DS version sold, therefore the franchise is shrinking. It's the same argument he uses with Super Mario Galaxy, even though it is also outselling the last console Mario game.