capcom not happy with darkside chronicles sales, mh3 + hardcore games talk

[mike_intellivision]

KylieDog said:
HD Market is flooded with FPS games yet they manage to keep selling fine.


This "Too many rail shooters" excuse does not cut it.

This says is all about the differences between the consoles and their users - -and at the same time does not say it all

PS3 and Xbox 360 heavy users tend to want a new experience constantly, so you can sell certain genres well if you make the game pretty good.

Meanwhile, Wii users not to continuously go for the newest game out there. So the first game or two in a genre do well, but the imitators are not rewarded. Thus sports sequels and a second year of rail shooters do not sell.

Companies have to do what they think will be most profitable for themselves. What has happened right now is that following the pack -- which has been the modus operandi for so long among video game developers -- does not work on the Wii.  

Those who have figured that out and come out with something different first have been rewarded. How else could have Carnival Games sold so well (and all the subsequent carnival-based mini-game collections did not). Those who played follow the leader have not (see previous parenthetical comment).

The take away point is the Wii is different in terms of what sells and how it sells. And that means the old rules don't apply.

Mike from Morgantown