As part of my ongoing quest to please Beuli2, I am going to be doing a regular series of threads called "against the grain", bringing up news stories which are either overlooked or too big to miss...
So, here we are once again for "against the grain", this time I'll be looking a bit more closely at mature games sales on the Wii, in light of what Sega said about Madworld. Just in case you missed it, here's a summary;
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=280622
Does what he say have any validility though? I mean, yes, we all know that Call Of Duty sells better on the HD consoles, but this can be explained due to a number of reasons;
1. The COD efforts for Wii have either been skipped, late, or severly lacking in content
2. There has been no advertising for the Wii version. Ever
3. With patchy releases, some may not want to find out whether the Wii has said version
So, this sorta explains COD. But what about other games which "should've been on the PS360" , but now are? Let's have a look at NBA Jam and NMH: Desperate struggle...
1. NBA JAM
http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/47589/nba-jam/
First 4 weeks for PS3: 27,507
http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/42594/nba-jam/
First 4 weeks for Wii: 69,874
Difference- Wii has sold 240% more by this time than the HD versions
2. No More Heroes
First, let's just remember the outcry there was for this game being on the PS3...
Remembered? OK, here's the Japan-numbers
http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/40816/no-more-heroes-heroes-paradise/
PS3 version (first 10 weeks): 25,289
http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/sales/7667/no-more-heroes/
Wii version (first 10 weeks): 35,532
Hindsight is a wonderful thing Sega...but Madworld was niche on the Wii, and will be niche anywhere else. You should be thankful Wii development costs are so much lower, because 500k+ isn't a flop, they'd have made money. Developers won't port games off Wii when they sell worse anyway...
Clearly these are good sales anyway; after all, 380k for Conduit got a sequel, as did Okami!
Would Madworld have sold better on the PS360? Doubtful, but maybe (5% increase)
Would it have made a profit, like the Wii version? No
People, if you're waiting for a HD port, don't get your hopes up. Get the Wii version, or no version at all...
So? Do you agree? Is this "fair"? Comment below! Also, if, for some reason, you'd like to see previous threads, then here you go; 1. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=120673&page=1 (statistical anomolies with Wii games) 2. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=120880&page=1&str=175262275# (What Nintendo SHOULD have done with the Wii)
