| Lucas-Rio said: According to sales data of VG chartz, the Wii owns the Platform genre by a huge margin: I will compare the sales of games on the three home consoles for that genre, the highest selling game, the number of millions sellers and half millions sellers.
Wii: Total of platformers sold: 64,59 millions Best selling platformer: 21,43 millions (NSMBWii) Numbers of millions sellers: 11 including 3 third party games Numbers of 500 000 sellers: 20 including 11 third party games
PS3: Total of platformers sold: 11,72 millions Best selling platformer: 4,16 millions (LBP) Numbers of millions sellers: 3 Numbers of 500 000 sellers: 6
Xbox360: Total of platformers sold: 8,92 millions Best selling platformer: 3,10 millions (Kung Fu panda, bundled with the Xbox arcade) Numbers of millions sellers: 2 Numbers of 500 000 sellers: 7
The results are very clear. Platformers only sell on Wii now on home console and it's a dead genre on HD consoles. That explains why the choice of Epic Mickey being on Wii was the perfect choice. |
How do platformers only sell well on wii when LBP has 4 million sales?
How is the genre dead with the imminent release of LBP2?
Also, HD consoles have some very good games that incorporate elements of platforming with action (e.g, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, etc.).
