Carl2291 said:
The majority of the OP is this -
The rest of it was about how it WOULD have sold better on the HD consoles. Which if they can (possibly) outsell the Wii version 2 years later, it's VERY likely they would have done 2 years ago.
So no, i don't really see how this thread was a "bad idea". |
Well, besides the "much larger userbase" and "easy to find in bargain bin" comments being patently untrue (PS3 today has a larger userbase than Wii in 2007, and even used NHM Wii generally nabs a higher pricetag that the HD remix new), I'd say the thread past the OP, but it's pretty easy to read the implication there. HD success, Wii failure. When it reality, it's more failure for everybody. ;)
I also doubt the game would've done any better 2 years ago. Console installed bases would be significantly smaller, there'd be no NHM brand awareness, higher pricepoints, and back in late 2007 pretty much everything seemed to bomb on HD. Only matching the crusty old Wii version (at best) on the supposedly revitalized post-slim-PS3 userbase tells me Japan just wouldn't want NHM regardless of platform. If/when NHM2 releases in Japan, it'll likely put up similarly pathetic numbers.
Honestly, I think the best chance for a port would've been an uncensored PSP rev. It'd probably have matched PS3+360 1st week sales combined, and handily outsold the Wii original. PSP really seems to be where the Otakus cluster, and that's mainly who this game appeals to in Japan...