| kitler53 said: so here is CoD BO, all of the reviews say is very high quality, not gimped, not late....where are the sales? never mind outselling the HD version, less than 20k is just miserable. I guess those stellar goldeneye sales must be to blame... |
Yes the goldeneye sales are to blame, the core FPS games have an audience but its not a HUGE audience (maybe around 1.5 - 2 million buyers), and when you release 2 games one that its exclusive and one that its not, both good, and within one week of separation you will split the potential buyers market. The wii owner will have to choose if they want some exclusive game with local multiplayer and solid online, or the other that will come out in the other consoles as well, without local multiplayer with zero adevertisement.
Very few Wii gamers will have the money to buy both the same month, less within a week of each other and taking into account the other great games coming out in a different genre just around the corner (Sonic colours, Donkey Kong, Epic Mickey). I made my choice last week and bought Goldeneye (USA) and will not buy another FPS till January at least when both my wallet has recovered and I have played other different kind of games, because I like FPS but not enough to make them my most buyed genre.
