How Capcom decided to Wii-make Okami

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leo-j said:
Okami will still be a disaster, if it couldnt sell well on a 120 million+ install base, what makes you guys think it wil sell well on a 20million(by then) install base?

Because some demographics care more about some types of games then others.

Madden does way, way better on the Playstation and Xbox brands than it does on Nintendo consoles. Conversely, no adventure game on the Playstation or Xbox has even approached the success of adventure games on Nintendo consoles,  and platformers of all types (not just Mario) have always done exceedingly well on Nintendo systems, while the Playstation 2 could barely muster a single 2 million seller in the platform genre, despite the system's market share dominance.

I n short, every system has genres it's weak in, and genres it is strong in. Just as Viva Pinata failed on the 360, and Madden failed on the Wii, an adventure game very akin to Zelda is much more likely to sell well to a demographic that particularly enjoys games like Zelda.