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Gamerace on 29 September 2010
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jarrod said:
Gamerace said:

Prince of Persia - The Forgotten Sands

Tatsunoko Vs Capcom

No More Heroes 2

NHL Slapshot

Silent Hill: Shattered memories

Boom Blocks: Bash Party

Tiger Woods 11 (only careless flaw is TW is in the game)

 

Really quick...

POP: Forgotten Sands:  Movie bombed, game lacked innovation, Wii version unpolished, game bombed on all systems (not just Wii) so it's obviously not a platform issue.

- Have you played the title? Apparently not.  It's very polished, TONS of content, innovative, looks great, well rated (better than the HD version).  Yes, the movie bombed, yes PoP:FS bombed on all sytems but it bombed far harder on Wii despite being the best version and by far the best of kind on the system.

TvC (UAS right?): Met it's modest expectations, so it doesn't really belong on this list.  Should've done better in Japan, but then it also should've been budget priced there (like SSF4) and probably gotten a CCPro bundle.

-It did exceed it's modest expectations, but again, this game is by far the best of kind on the system.  It deserves far better sales.

NMH2: Utter lack of western advertising and promotion, Ubi and RS really sent it to die.  Jaded hardcore waiting for possible HD port up, JP release still coming (MMV expects 51k btw, lol, not happening, more like 5.1k).

Neither did the first which did substancially better.   Jaded hardcore is right.  That's why all these games aren't performing as they should.

NHL Slapshot: Looks/plays like shit, pandering/insulting product, zero promotion, feels like something that you'd buy off QVC. 

- Read reviews.  Every single one says the opposite.  Looks great, tons of fun to play.   HUGE promotion in Canada (and likely other hockey markets). 

Silent Hill SM: Again zero promotion, already declined IP, Konami really failed to capitalize on what's a great game and got excellent media response.  Still, it outsold the previous SH on 360/PS3, and the Wii version of SM far outsold the PS2/PSP versions, so again it's most likely not a platform issue.

- Fair enough.

Boom Blox 2: Rushed sequel, confused shovelware marketing, probably shouldn't have been a $50 product.  Casual target audience doesn't respond well to annualized sequelitis (which EA seemingly doesn't understand).

Boom Blox 2 wasn't rushed and stands head and shoulders over the original.  FANTASTIC user-created content too!  Closest thing Wii has to LBP.   However, you're right about casuals not being interested in yearly sequels - too bad, this was one with a huge difference and really deserved a purchase.

Tiger 11: Fundamentally damaged IP, bombed everywhere, so again, not a platform issue.

Again, the Wii version - which has been the LEAD version and better selling version, with the MOST content and most innovation has bombed far harder and is now the worst selling version.  You cannot reasonably argue it's not a platform issue.   Not when the Wii version drops so much more than the other versions.    What I will give it is that a lot of people got TW10 with WM and they probably can't be bothered to get TW11.   Still, it's fall from grace on Wii is hard to understand.