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Mummelmann on 09 November 2010
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LordTheNightKnight said:
Mummelmann said:
Antabus said:
blunty51 said:
Antabus said:

I suppose that now we will see wii version beating at least the ps3 version.

You mean reviews or sales? Actually don't bother, not gonna happen either way.


Sales. I've seen a lot of reasons why a wii game does not sell as well as the hd-versions. Now those usual reasons don't apply (gimped,old/lame port,no marketing,not a big ip and whatever), so the game will sell more than those hd-versions.

I think the Wii version will be outsold roughly 3.5-4:1 by the PS3 version and more by the 360 version and this time there are no excuses.


Not really. If the marketing was the same and it had local multiplayer, there would be no excuses, but there are still strong differentiating factors this time.


MW2 sold 25-30% more on the 360 than the PS3 on a considerably bigger installed base and with many times the advertising budget and with control over the region where FPS games are typically the most popular. If the PS3 version of Black Ops sells a whole lot more than the Wii version, there really will be no excuses.

PS: How much online gaming are Wii owners doing compared to HD consoles owners anyway? I'm guessing not a whole lot. Why can't people just accept that there is a pretty high probability that shooters and similar games don't sell as well on the Wii simply based on the nature of its owners (you think a Mario Kart like game would sell 25 million on the conbined HD installed base?). Different consoles cater to different people and while the average PS3 and 360 are probably a lot more similar than they think, the average Wii owners is likely to differ a lot more simply based on the nature of the console and game library (please don't argue with the fact that the Wii and HD consoles are vastly different). Is it that hard to fathom or do you just not want to?