SaviorX said: To be honest, the only head scratchers from Capcom (besides their outrageously ridiculous PR statements towards the Wii) include:
And I wonder, why did you say Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles flopped? According to Capcom, they expected it to sell 800,000 copies lifetime...right now, it is at 770,000; 96% of the way there. I notice that very early on in a title's sales career, especially on Wii, people are quick to scream bomb early out of the gate...but then after a while when sales build, the haters suddenly disappear.
The Wii ain't perfect, there have been tons of bombs, but the 360 is no saint either. It really bothers me when people pretend like its software sales are always of some God-like caliber. |
I'll touch on some of that...
SFIV wasn't on every platform other than Wii so why complain?
Who cares about Spyborgs? Was anybody expecting that to be good?
Dead Rising for the Wii was built with an inferior engine and on a technically inferior console. I'm not sure why they bothered. They should have just made perfect ports for PS3 and PC.
People keep praising RE4 sales on Wii, but lets bear in mind it launched for only $30 and its higher quality than the typical Wii game. Its the best reviewed core title on Wii period. Hence, a gem surrounded by crap.
I highly doubt 800K was their life time expectation. Maybe that was a quarter expectation. For the record, RE:DC has been out for 72 weeks and its struggling to 800K. While RE:UC hit 800K in 13 weeks. Hence, RE:UC sold a shit ton more units at full price. Face it, RE:DC was a flop.
Madworld hit the bargain bin after a few weeks. They probably hoped it would move 600K during the holiday at full price. Why else did Sega pull back support on mature Wii games?
Are you boasting that Wii's big exclusive, over hyped, and heavily marketed shooter, The Conduit, sold more units than mostly crappy and obscure HD FPS games? It should also be noted you aren't combining the sales of many of HD shooters.
In regards to NMH, late ports sell worse. Very few late ports sell better than the original.
Muramasa definitely got more attention than Odin Sphere. And it might be because the Wii lacks niche title compared to PS2.
The Okami data doesn't include WW sales for either PS2 and Wii. But once again it stood out more in the Wii's lack luster 3rd party library.
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