| richardhutnik said: The Wii has had a remarkable record of producing "evergreen" titles. These titles keep selling like clockwork. I am curious if the Wii NOT competing on graphics has been a reason why this is so. With the PS3 and 360, it is like an arms race of supposedly one upping one another in the graphics front. This means that the next version of a game has to do outdo the last, particularly in graphics. The buyers are supposed to want next gen, so these systems have franchises with multiple updated versions selling annually, and topping the last. Also included are flagship exclusives that have to top the last. The end result is the latest = hottest, and old stuff getting ignored, and a big burst of early sales. Now contrast that with Mario Kart, or Wii Fit, or Super Mario Bros. Wii. I am not sure anyone who has a Wii expects that some other game would come out and have better graphics, or you are blown away later by better graphics. What you have is a game that would likely be at the top of its game in looks. I would likely say also Super Mario Galaxy 2 would likely add more features at most, and not really be that much better than the original Super Mario Galaxy. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Does the Wii competing on other things besides "better looks" help it get longer sales out of its franchise titles? |
Great thread, I think the reason the wii games sell so much is because of the age old nintendo selling point.....accessibility. A mario game can be played by a five year old or a 50 year old and still be classed as fun. The learning curve for wii games is not steep for the most part. (Zack and wiki begs to differ). For the HD twins, that is not the case.
I have noticed a thrend throughout every console generation. The console with the worst graphics comes out first in the end. It has always been the case. Sony were kings at this, their consoles were the worst graphically but they sold the most due to accessiblity of games and a wide variety of genres. Wii has a tremendous amount of variety and thats why it keeps selling, it looks great, its cheap and most of all has the most popular video game character of all time, mario.
