Against the grain: Why is the Wii so rubbish at mature games?

[Conegamer]

Yakuzaice said:

Conegamer said:

2. There has been no advertising for the Wii version. Ever

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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

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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

World at War had specific Wii advertising, and all the Black Ops commercials I've seen seem to be platform neutral.

For NBA Jam, why do you say HD versions when you ignore the 360 version?  Also 240% more than 27,507 is 93,523.  Not to mention it was supposed to be a stripped down download that came with NBA Elite 11 up until about a month before it released.  But to be fair, the lead up of what features would be in what was a mess for both versions of the game.

No More Heroes.  Once again you ignored the 360, which normally wouldn't mean much in Japan.  However, it was the uncensored version, and that had a very noticable impact on sales.  Plus it is a late port on systems with much smaller install bases, and it sold more than the sequel on the Wii.

As for Madworld, keep in mind that the price collapsed fairly quickly and sharply.  So while the conduit might not have sold as much, it seems like the price has held up much better than Madworld.  Similar case to Mirror's Edge where it sold 2 million, but didn't do great because the price dropped to $20 less than a month after release.

Madworld is a strange case, but no doubt made a profit!

I chose the PS3, because it has NHM sales, but both are acceptable!

NBA JAM failed no matter how you look at it (simple Maths error :O)

I didn't realise about the WoW commercials, but every BlOps commercial I've seen says "only for 360 and PS3 on", some of which don't eve acknowledge the Wii version!