*PS3 Dead In America?*

[Doobie_wop]

c0rd said:

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
Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Ultimate All-stars
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Red Steel 2
Metroid: Other M
Sin & Punishment 2
Endless Ocean: Blue World
Monster Hunter Tri
Trauma Team

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.

Outside of God of War 3, how many system sellers did the PS3 have this year? People aren't blaming the Wii decline on the lack of system sellers, they're blaming it on the lack of releases in general. Most of the exclusives that Sony released this year are also niche, some of them even more so than the Wii titles I listed before and most of the Sony releases had been new IPs. The Wii is in decline because it hit it's peak last year or it's in decline because the competition have improved upon their consoles both hardware and software wise and the consumer has taken notice. I don't believe the decline can be completely blamed on the lack of system sellers (which is Nintendo's fault and not the fault of the competition). I'm sure we'll see a rise in the coming holidays, but I doubt it's going to be as large as people want it to be.