Reggie talks about Cafe and Wii price Cut

[LordTheNightKnight]

Viper1 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Viper1 said:

I still can't believe you are trying to say the game with the highest aggragated rating in video game history was not a killer app.

 

Also, Yakuzaice is correct about the shipped/sold terminology.  All 3 console makers are required by law to report units sold to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, etc....and we know those figures as 'shipped'.    Now Nintendo does have an in house service called Siras that is a point of sale warranty tracking system but can be used to estimate sales but it's rarely used for that and they will state in the press release the figures are sold to consumers through internal tracking systems...they won't just say 'sold'.   When they say 'sold' by itself, it means shipped.

Um, you're equating review scores with sales? If that was the case, the 360 and PS3 should be the fastest selling systems ever, due to their hight number of highly reviewed games.

Not to mention that GTA IV is close to Ocarina, but the Wii still outsold the other systems around the time.

Now I'm not doubting some people bought the system for Ocarina, but not to the degree that made it a killer app. Maybe an aggravated assault app. Sorry about that godawful pun.

No, I'm mixing the combination of sales, review scores and system sales boost that all suggest it was a killer app.  If Ocarina of Time was not a killer app, then by God, what the hell is?

Killer app has nothing to do with reviews. And I still need to see a link to prove the boost was that much (as I've looked and seen some sites that state the year after launch was the highest selling year). And even if it is, the sales of the system were still weak, so it would be on the low end of a killer app.

And what is a killer app? Classic Mario and Classic Sonic are obvious ones. Wii Sports is another. Final Fantasy VII is a bit for the PS1, but Gran Turismo should also be noted. Tetris and Pokemon. Monster Hunter practically saved the PSP in Japan.

Basically a system, game or otherwise, is a hit because people really like the games. If the systems are lackluster that means it didn't have any real killer apps (just minor ones), or else they wouldn't be lackluster.