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megaman79 on 02 February 2011
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Mr Puggsly said:
Lanceuppercut said:
Mr Puggsly said:

What happened? The Wii audience doesn't care.

Its the same console where CoD Black Ops is struggling to pass a million.

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.

First of all, there have not been plenty of successful "hardcore" games on the Wii. Those are just a few.

Second, most of the games you mentioned aren't "hardcore."

Third, I know Black Ops on Wii will hit a million. A mere fraction of what HD consoles are getting. Hence, Wii isn't very good at moving core software compared to its competitors. Getting back to my point, its no surprise a core game (Red Steel 2) did poorly.


Auto regenerative health FPS's are hardcore now? Don't make me laugh. I come from a generation of gamers that actually beat Ghouls and Ghosts, your definition of hardcore is ridiculous.


Halo and MW are casual ("mainstream") titles. Sure, they're not for younger age groups (under 12), but don't start declaring your untouchable sphere of awesomeness isn't fractured by the mainstreaming of game entertainment in general.



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