| facher83 said: I think one more year and Wii software sales will surpass 360 sales by a considerable margin. I'll guess 40 one million sales for software on XBox360, and 45 one million software sales for Wii. |
I'm sure the WIi will have lots of million sellers but I'm also willing to bet the majority of them will be games published by Nintendo. This thread is about a massive change in the industry which to me means the way third parties will go and third parties are still having success on the 360 and PS3 with their hardcore games dispite the spin some people try to put on it. Look at Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty 4, both will likely sell at least 5+ million copies, and both have been very good to Ubisoft's and Activision's bottom lines.
The problem with the Wii is that it really is aimed at a different audience. Nobody is saying that the Wii isn't getting support, it obviously is by the number of games being announced for it, but look at the games themselves and it's obvious the vast majority are significantly different than what is being announced for the PS3/Xbox360/PC. There will be some overlap as shown by Guitar Hero 3 but anyone that thinks that publishers will suddenly shift all their hardcore games to the Wii are just kidding themselves.
As for people asking for proof (like listing all the 360/PC/PS3 games starting development in 2007) well I'll ask the same thing. Show me all the hardcore games and major franchises that have begun or shifted to the Wii in 2007. I'm really only aware of about 2 or 3 like Monster Hunter 3 which I guess is a pretty big deal if you live in Japan but otherwise I don't see the flood of hardcore games that some people were predicting for the Wii earlier this year.
