| Doobie_wop said: I'm getting sick of people saying that the Wii didn't have any big releases this year, it's had heaps of titles released for it, the fact that they don't sell is the fault of the console and not the fault of it's competitors. No More Heroes 2 |
You call these "big releases?"
None of these are hardware movers, with the exception of (maybe) SMG2. Other M was an obvious flop, and MH only matters in Japan (the game just won't take off here). Most of the other games are niche (you can't say their predecessors were system sellers, except maybe Red Steel, which was a big disappointment). Metacritic means nothing, you wouldn't list a game like Bayonetta as a system seller for the 360 just because it scores high.
What matters is expectations, or the big budget games - the important ones to watch are Donkey Kong, Wii Party, and maybe Epic Mickey, NBA Jam, Goldeneye. These games should be heavily marketed, sell millions, and push hardware.
