i really don't understand the "it sold because of mickey" people.
on the hd twins games also sell because of their name! what are 2010s topsellers again? i remember something like: black ops, halo reach, madden 11,...
how many new IPs really sell well on the HD twins? Assassins Creed is one, but that probably had a HUGE budget to begin with. There may be a few others, but they all had big budgets and marketing campaigns. And then there are LOTS of high budget HD titles that bombed HARD.
on the wii? how many new IPs really sold well? The first Red Steel did rather well, but it wasn't a really good game and I guess that hurt its sequel. Then there is Just Dance, which certainly is no big budget title, but at least its really fun and the marketing campaign worked great.
How many high budget Wii titles bombed? Oh wait, none did, because I don't think there has EVER even been a high budget non-Nintendo title for the Wii!
Epic Mickey shows that quality 3rd party titles can and will sell if they are marketed right as well. And a name or a known IP OF COURSE helps... that is true for all systems.
The thing that sells worse on Wii than on the HD twins are the downscaled ports of HD titles like the call of duties or EA sports titles. Make Wii specific titles or don't bother releasing them. And by "Wii specific" I don't mean the laughable Need for Speed Wii titles or stripped down "two game modes aracde version" of fifa 11 either. Those Wii versions were probably made with 5% of the HD version budget... Just look at the MySims series. That is a good example how to deal with a known PC/HD franchise on the Wii.
