Big software titles flopping in the US

[Nick]

Legend11 said:
I think until the main SKUs for the 360 and PS3 reach $199 that a lot of franchises will be on the decline. Nintendo basically soaks up a lot of game sales/dollars on the Wii (there are a few third party success stories but they're few and far between compared to say the PS2 and 360) so the success of that console basically has no impact on helping the success of many of the games mentioned (especially EA's team sports games).

The same people that would buy the 360 and ps3 at $199 will also buy a wii at $199 and buy the same exact amount of games regardless of which system they own.  I don't think any particular system is needed to move games.  They're not going to have a different audience somehow.  As the price reaches mainstream market those people that once owned a ps2, and are mostly casual gamers, will buy a system and buy games the same way they did before.  They'll shop the same way they did regardless of the system they own.  Casual gamers buy games, they just need to be given the chance.  Putting out crappy games will result in crappy sales of said games, no matter what system they're on.