| retroking1981 said: Im thinking that Wii Sports resort might not be the H/W boosting game that some are expecting. Early reports are saying that it dropped to about 150-160k in its second week in Japan. I think it might struggle to make 2m lifetime in japan. The original is currently at 3.58, id be very surprised if it tops that. In the west it has no chance of topping wii sports unless Nintendo starts bundling it with the Wii. Out of interest here's a list of some games on the Wii where the sequel paled in comparison to the originals sales: Boom Blox 0.94m Boom Blox Bash Party 0.07m House of the Dead 2 & 3 The Return - 1.03m House of the Dead Overkill - 0.31m Excite Truck - 0.89m Excite Bots - 0.04m I could see Wii Sports Resort not living up to the high expectations people have for it. At one stage it was a first day purchase for me but thanks to WM+ being bundled with other games (i already have one from the Tiger Woods bundle) there seems to be little reason for people to add another tech demo to their Wii collections. |
And what were those expectations? Certainly not that it would outsell the greatest selling home console game of all time and certainly not that it would push Japanese hardware just the same.
Are we expecting it to be a 5 million seller? Yes. Will it be? Most likely. Are we expecting it to sell mostly to the crowd that already owns a Wii. Yes. So why suspect a major hardware boost? The only hardware it's meant to push is Wii Motion Plus, not the console itself - much.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
