| Resident_Hazard said: Red Steel 2, No More Heroes 2, MadWorld, and Silent Hill all received high marks from reviewers--quality games--and what was the outcome of this third party support? Lower and lower sales. The "regular gamers" have essentially abandoned the Wii and the Nintendo fans don't care about anything that isn't from the Big N itself. |
Please... MadWorld wouldn't have done much better on the HD consoles. It is a niche game doomed to failure. It is also an extremely short game; I beat it in like 4 hours, with no online or extra features to really add replay value. It's essentially a great $10 game, that only appeals to a small percentage of gamers.
No More Heroes 2 should not be a surprise. It's a Suda 51 game, and those tend to fail regardless of the console. It is similar to Madworld in that it has a limited appeal.
Ubisoft wrote the death sentance on Red Steel 2 when they axed multiplayer/online functionality, and limited it to motion plus exclusive. Despite the fact that it may be a better game than RS1, RS1 had a very important feature; multiplayer. This added value to the game, and is the main reason I believe got far more sales than its predecessor, despite being the worse game. There's nothing wrong with a short campaign, but without a multiplayer/online feature to offset that, the game quickly becomes mainly a rental or a game you buy and sell back shortly after.
COD: Reflex has been recieving strong sales for Wii.. Why do you think this is? It's because of the online and the greater depth of content. The main problem with Wii 3rd party games lies in the lack of content.
