makingmusic476 said:
Kasz216 said:
makingmusic476 said:
Ail said:
The Wii has 12 games over 1 million in your list and 6 more over 500k. Of those only 4 are non Nintendo published games
The PS2 has 18 games over 1 million and 52 more over 500k.... All 70 of those were non Nintendo published games..
So don't tell us they are in any way comparable... 70 vs 4 isn't the same as saying 'The Wii has everything the PS2 did + completly new types of games that have become huge hits.'
The Wii does not have the huge majority of the successfull titles that were on the PS2 ( 4 vs 70 can't really be argued..)
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Nice post.
To add to this, Kasz, you're assuming that those 9 million Wii gamers were former ps2 owners that are buying these Nintendo franchises instead of old ps2 franchises, when it's very possible that millions of those 9 million are blue ocean gamers that Nintendo has brought to gaming through the Wii, much like they have managed to do so in the West, and these people are much more inclined to buy something like Wii Sports, Wii Fit, or the ever loveable Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart over Final Fantasy or Tales, whether due to the style of gameplay or simply because they're not familiar with the latter franchises.
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I'm not assuming it. It's through Nintendo's own numbers they had released a while ago. A big majority of those Wii owners did own PS2s.
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Well that would surprise me, given the nature of Nintendo's business strategy, but I'll take your word for it.
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Wish i could find the actual article. If Soriku walks by I'm sure he can refrence it.
Either way, I think you misunderstand the main part of Nintendo's strategy.
It's not to sell consoles to households who wouldn't buy consoles before.
It's to get the average number of users per console up.
Those were the numbers they were really bragging about back when they were showing of slides.
I mean heck, I know i started buying different PS2 games once I started dating my girlfriend. Started buying less "midline" singleplayer games and focused more on co-op games we could play together. Spend a little bit more buying those single player games later as well. It's a trend that's continued on the next gen systems as well for me. Though my girlfriend isn't really a "blue ocean" player so much as someone who just needed a push into videogames to enjoy them.
Also, there isn't anybody in Japan who isn't familiar with Final Fantasy. If anything I'd think any "Blue Ocean" consumers would be interested in trying out one of the biggest gaming franchises in Japan.
Tales, yeah... which once again was my point. A mainline Final Fantasy game?
