Virtua Fighter 5 bombs in Japan - first day sales!!

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hanafuda said: stof said: You've got to remember that this is pretty close to launch. A lot of these games - on both platforms - should be expected to see long term steady sales as more people buy the consoles. I'll be keeping my eyes open for some impressive figures from the following then: Necro Nesia - You make a crappy game and it's going to bomb on any console Swing Golf Panya - your right, it's not doing too well. Monkey Ball - 200,000 in NA so far, don't have the numbers for Europe Red Steel - 257,000 in NA so far and the second highest selling game, believe the numbers are good in Europe Raving Rabbigs - over 200,000 in NA and the second highest selling game. Excite Truck - 147,000 in NA so far, and it's published by Nintendo, so it's not selling huge sort of goes against your Nintendo only argument Korinpa - Your right, it's not doing too well. Elebits - Not so hot in Japan, but I'm expecting some good January NA numbers That Gundam game that tanked Wing Island I could go on, but you get the idea. I see third parties abandoning the Wii just like the Cube because they can't compete with Nintendo themselves.

I was merely pointing out that traditionally, launch titles (the good ones) see long periods of sustained sales. Thats just something that happens. As for your third party arguments, Look at the NA top 10. 2 Nintendo titles. EA and Ubisoft have said they're both quite happy with Wii sales and have aggresively pushed forward on development, as have numerous other companies. The Wii looks like the console to finally bring Nintendo back into the third party fray.