IGN(orance):”Wii runs distant second to 360 in profits”...Oh really?

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MikefromHaddonfield said:

Way to miss the whole point of the article and dwell on minor details. He was actually talking about how now that it seems like Microsoft (and Sony) might be trying to attract the casuals with Natal and Sony motion, they might be spending less time trying to attract core gamers which opens up more room on the Wii in that regards and could result in more games coming to the system like Fragile, Muramasa, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Madworld, and No More Heroes, that will appeal to gamers that are very putoff with what has so far been the main driving force of the Wii the Wii________ games.

As far as what he was talking about with the profits. If you assume that he was talking about the profits that hc games make on the system, then the Wii could probably be a distant second or even third. The Conduit has so far sold far fewer copies than Halo, Gears, and Killzone and No More Heroes definitely sold less than MGS4 and Uncharted.

But you are right that if you count all the games including the hefty amount of shovelware that crowds all the great games on the storeshelves like Carnival Games and Party Babyz, yeah Wii probably dominates profits with games that most fans of the hc consoles wouldn't want to play anyway.

I agree with the author and hope to see more or at least as many games like Fragile, No More Heroes, and Muramasa flow to the system in the future than games like Carnival Games 2 or even Wii Sports 3.

It goes to credibility. If he can get such a simple fact so horribly wrong, how are we supposed to attach any weight to his  opinion.  I don't read IGN to just just hear someone's opinion on games/gaming, i have friends for that.  I read it to hopefully become more learned about the gaming industry by someone who is supposedly a professional journalist and is employed and paid to be informed on such topics.