The wii is a virus!

[Mr Khan]

Maelstrome said:

BMaker11 said:

After reading this thread....I've come to the conclusion that it was just a 4 page bitch fest with that Martzy character.

However, despite all he said, I hope you Ninty fans realize the ignorance in "sales = quality" arguments. Several times you guys talked about 20M sellers, 10M sellers, etc as a reason why Wii > HD. If that's the case, Wii Sports = greatest game of all time. Half-Life 2? Nope, Wii Sports is better. Uncharted 2? Halo? Hell....I'll even stick with a Nintendo game....Mario Galaxy? Nope, Wii Sports is better than all those because "that's why it sold 60M+"

Oh, and Carnival Games is better than Demon's Souls, MadWorld, and every JRPG on the 360

probably the reason that comes up is that sales are the only measurement not based on somebodys opinion.

Sales have certain inherent biases in them too. Many games that could have sold greater than they did were restrained by poor advertising or other inhibiting factors (like the platform didn't sell as much as it should have).

 

Sales are a greater leveler than anything else, but are not the end-all of determining quality. If only there were a fixed method of pro-rating sales against advertising budget, release date, and maybe a few other things (like the fact that to sell a game involves monetary concerns that might obscure quality concerns)