Microsoft comments on lack of new Xbox 360 exclusive IPs

[Salnax]

pezus said:

Salnax said:

I should have written in past tense. Sorry about that.

In all honesty though, I think that's why the Wii has sold as well as it has. Every year from late 2006 to late 2010, you had about one BIG title every few months. Wii Sports was launched alongside with Twilight Princess, and then, in rough chronological order, they released Wii Play, Mario Party 8, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Wii Party, and Donkey Kong Country Returns.

True, not all of the games above are masterpieces, but on average, Nintendo was able to produce about one 5+ million seller every four months. This only changed in 2011, when the big games, with the possible exception of Skyward Sword, stopped coming out. If it weren't for Zelda and Just Dance 3, a multiplaform game, the Wii would be in the shitter.

In contrast, Sony has had a lot of moderate hits. Over two dozen Sony-published games have become million sellers on the PS3, but only two, Uncharted 2 and Gran Turismo 5, ever reached the same tier as the above Nintendo hits. Therefore, the PS3 has been less sucessful, if one believes that hardware sells software rather than the other way around. However, these titles came out at a more steady rate, so PS3 sales have been better mantained than the Wii's.

I was only messing with you originally. No need to be sorry! This is a great post and I agree with it all. Will Nintendo be able to do the same for Wii U?

In my opinion? No. The Wii is the type of console that we may never see again, where one company and a dozen big games alone made it a market leader. This sort of thing works for the handhelds, where Nintendo is king, but the PlayStation 1 and 2 proved that huge 3rd party software combined with huge first party games trumps companies that rely on just 1st party titles.

Fortunately, Nintendo seems to realize this. They've been emphasizing how nice the Wii U will be for 3rd parties, and when they showed off software for the first time, it was Lego City Stories. I think Nintendo is trying to set the bar for the eigth generation the same way Microsoft did for the seventh, making their system the base developers work from. If they do so, they'll be able to at least be on par with their competitors. If they do this and continue making 3 huge titles a year, they could dominte the next generation like the PS2 did.