Lanceuppercut said:
This is a ridiculous argument. There have been plenty of successful hardcore games on the Wii. The reason Call of Duty games don't sell as well on Wii is because they're usually crappy in comparison to their PS3/Xbox/PC counterparts, and most people interested in Call of Duty are likely to own one of said platforms already. And all of that is only relevant if you make the questionable assumption that Call of Duty is "hardcore" in the first place. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Paper Mario, Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, Monster Hunter Tri, Punch-Out, The House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return, and the original Red Steel are all "hardcore" games, and all of them sold well. Also, to your point: Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Edition, and Call of Duty: World at War are all well above one million and Black Ops will be there soon. |
What should also be remembered is that both this game and Goldeneye were released in the same week, so the sales should be counted together. When you do that, you have nearly 2 million, take off 400,000 double-purchases and there's at least a 1.6mil hardcore userbase on Wii, as is reflected with other core 3rd party titles. And this is roughly the same figure most "core" PS360 game reach, and the Wii version will do so with less advertising and lower production costs
