Another Analyst Suggests Wii 1.5 On the Way

[Mr Puggsly]

jarrod said:

Revisionist history.  Core games did great on Wii at the start, from RE4 to DQ Swords to Red Steel to COD3 to Metal Slug Anthology to Trauma Center to Ghost Squad... all tiers of games and franchises, and everything was basically meeting to exceeding expectations.  Nevermind Nintendo's own core games (Zelda, Mario, Metroid, etc), which are among the best selling in the industry.  Even now, Wii actually has quite a few low tier success stories, like Muramasa or Tasunoko Vs Capcom, it's hardly like MH3's alone in being the one 3rd party Wii game to do as well as hoped.  MH3's the only original AAA 3rd party core game though, so it's one of the few core titles that will sell like a AAA 3rd party game.  Again, Wii can't sell what it doesn't have...

And I didn't 'cherry pick', I simply used a few recent examples of notable bombs, which seem to be getting more and more common on the HD twins.  And btw, Raven and Bizarre are both wholly owned subsidiaries of Activision, they literally are Activision.  I did enjoy the mealy mouthed sales excuses though... you sound like a Wii defender.  Which sort of belies the point, there's nothing really inherently unique about Wii's situation or ability to sell what games.  At this point yes, it's market was shaped by what it got, but what it got wasn't really reflective of it's potential or even what it was actually selling upfront...

Like I said, the Wii overwhelmingly sold shovelware, party games, and 1st party much better. A few core games that sold decent doesn't change that.

I hardly consider TvC a success. Blur on both consoles will likely out leg it. Muramasa is likely a success. I own it, not exactly a high quality game. As of now, I think Capcom should have released MH3 on the PSP. It would defiinitely sold better. There were other core games released this year. NMH2, S&P2, RS2, and Arc Rise. Feel free to make excuses for those. Prince of Persia bombed on all platforms, most notably the Wii.

Ultimately, there would be more core games on the Wii if developers were genuinely happy with sales they have received. HVS was trying to cash in on the lack of core games on Wii. Now they're struggling as well.

Those aren't notable bombs. LP2 and DV both got abysmal scores. You know HD consumers are savvy to game reviews. Raven and Bizzare are used to crappy sales.

Its almost like you're saying the HD consoles are bad at selling core games because not everything is a success. When I'm just saying HD consoles have a much better record at selling 3rd party core games than the Wii. For example, a piece of garbage like Saint's Row has sold better than any 3rd party core game on the Wii.