LordTheNightKnight said:
c0rd said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
c0rd said:
I suppose...
If I were to put money on it, though, I'd bet on the HD consoles, by a sizable margin. Really, they make up the majority of the potential audience for this game - males gamers, online focus, last gen (PS2-era) values and controls. Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to find another Wii exclusive that's a more perfect fit for HD consoles...
I'm not saying it would have been a better business decision, of course. I'm also only talking about its sales in the west.
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That still assumes those are guaranteed to sell a game, when the HD sales show those are not enough.
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Not sure what you mean, can you clarify?
@killeryoshis: I agree, that's why I brought the game up. It was to illustrate why some third party games don't exactly light up the sales charts, when there would at least be a chance if they built actual Wii games, rather than PS2 games with tacked on motion (or even no motion) controls.
Instead of compromising by changing the games to suit the Wii, third parties insult the console and its users, and retreat to HD consoles where they're more at home.
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You listed things assuming those were proof the game would sell better. That only works if most of the games that met those were hits on the HD systems, and there are plenty of flops and poor sellers that show otherwise. Take Capcom's own Lost Planet 2, which not only met that list, but was more of a western appealing game.
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Oh, I get it.
I think MH3 (HD) would have easily outdone Lost Planet 2, though. LP2 had much more going against it - being a sequel, another shooter (not much of an identity), less advertisement (the MH3 push was huge), and was received poorly (68-69 meta vs MH3's 85).
On the other hand, MH3 offers an experience HD games don't really offer - developing medieval a character (swords / axes / maces / etc), the environments, slaying dragons with friends online, and so on. Almost like WoW-lite, or something.
And even with all this, LP2 (PS360 combined) is tracking ahead of the Wii's MH3 (again, in the west).
