| LordTheNightKnight said:
I still call on that assumption, especially based on your earlier comment that limited local multiplayer hurts Wii games but somehow not HD games. Last I checked, the best sales for multiplayer games on the HD systems STILL included local. So it would have been a factor on the HD systems as well. |
Just because a feature is included in a game, does not mean people buy the game for it.
The local multiplayer in CoD is really lacking. I'm willing to bet the vast majority do not buy the game for it (unlike, say, Halo). I recall the online stats (people playing) for MW2 being extremely high, very close to the number of copies sold. The game does not have an online local multiplayer mode, unlike Gears / Halo.
Really, I'd equate it to SSBB's online multiplayer. I don't think anyone uses that thing...
I understand what you mean by similar values. I personally believe MW2 would have sold much more if its local multiplayer was anything like Halo's. Still, there are pretty big differences between the console userbases - one only need to look at the sales of some multiplats to understand this. (Or even other exclusives... Heavy Rain's sales are unbelievable, considering the type of game it is)
Also, when I bring up games having different values, I mean they're superior on the HD consoles, because they stress graphics, online, and whatever else. See Madden, Fifa / PES, and Call of Duty for best examples. A Wii version of these games will always be inferior, because these games strive for realism.
