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bearsfan33 on 18 December 2007
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cleveland124 said:
bearsfan33 said:

Oh really?

Why, then, do games sell better (much better, in fact) on the 360 than the Wii?  What 3rd party titles for the Wii are lighting up the sales charts?  Oh yeah, that's right... there aren't any.  And, much like the Game Cube, and the N64, there probably won't be that many, either.

All of these "new gamers" to the Wii aren't interested in titles like UT3, MGS, Halo, or Forza, they want to play bowling.  And as long as that remains the current install base Nintendo is going for (casual gamers), those are the titles you are going to get.


As a Wii only owner, I can tell you I most certainly am interested in those games you listed.  And I may eventually get a PS3 or 360 when they lower in price enough and pick up a few more exclusives.  They may have more of a casual focus, but I think the casuals are necessary and buy more games than given credit for (all the crap million sellers on the PS2). 

Games sell better on the 360 because..... 360 still has almost 50% of the market share in America.  When the Wii overtakes the 360 in America you'll see a change and the Wii will start moving more software on the 3rd party multi platform releases.  Maybe not Madden and sports titles but titles that have a broader range.


The Wii has roughly 80% of the sales in the US as the 360, better sales in Japan, and equal sales in Europe; in total, it is the number 1 selling home gaming console.

And you are telling me that because it hasn't taken over the 360 in the US, that "that's the reason" there is no third party support?  I have a better answer: The Wii does have third party support, but it has it in the form of mini-game titles that will appeal to casual gamers.

The 360 (and the PS3, to some extent) kicks the crap out of the Wii in attach rate because it is appealing to the gamer demographic of last generation.

Look, it is relatively safe to say that if you are posting on a gaming site, you play more than Tetris.  Having said (well, typed) that, I will re-iterate my original point:  I don't care what the Wii does in sales (and neither do other 360 or PS3 owners).  You will never see the types of games that appeal to 360/PS3 owners on the Wii - Nintendo is going after the casual gamers, and the Wii simply could not pull of the graphical demands of a game like Gears of War, UT3, Mass Effect, MGS3, etc.

So, why am I typing this?  Why did I post in this thread? To remind the Wii owners that most 360 and PS3 owners really don't care about Wii sales - we care about eachother's sales figures.  After all, didn't Sony and MS say pretty much the same thing at E3 2006; that the Wii would make a great "companion system" to theirs, and that Nintendo was not in direct competition?  Didn't Nintendo agree????