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ItsaMii said:
naznatips said:

Btw, Legend, since you still don't seem to understand what you did wrong, let me show you:

1
Final Fantasy XI Online (delete)Square5263.450.17m
2
Project Sylpheed (delete)Square3784.780.05m
3
Final Fantasy XI Online: Wings of the Goddess Expansion Pack (delete)Square239.500.04m
4
Final Fantasy XI All In One Pack (delete)Square1473.570.02m

 

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Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (delete)Square Enix7,1257.660.49m


Oh look, Square Enix made 4 360 games and they all sold much less than 1 Wii game. Obviously Square Enix games are unsuccessful on the 360.

Now lets look at all the things I ignored in that statement:

-Square Enix is a Japanese focused publisher, and the 360 hasn't sold nearly as much as the Wii in Japan.
-3 of those games are MMOs (and expansions) which are limited by the amount of 360 owners who are online, and are more successful on PCs anyway.
-Project Sylpheed is a really really crappy game.
-Dragon Quest is the most popular RPG series in Japan after Pokemon, so of course it would be a bigger game.

Hopefully this little excersize helps you understand why you can't make blanket statements without taking other variables into account.


+ 100000 for you. Playing too much PW really helps to find faulty arguments and contradictions.

*edit* I am not sure, but I think those 360 games cost a lot more than the DQ one. The difference is that argument helps Wii in both cases. One low budget game sold a lot more than 4 medium-high budget games and low budget cash in games sell a lot less on the Wii than high budget games on other platforms


Actually, Project Sylpheed was cheap, and Square just published it.  The two FFXI games are ports of the PC versions which isn't all that expensive. That said, all those combined surely cost more, but they are hardly an indicator of Square's opportunities for success on the Xbox 360.