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happydolphin on 31 January 2012
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Salnax said:
happydolphin said:

But one thing is certain, you can't simply attribute Nintendo reaching 90M+ HW sales simply to 3rd parties!


I don't think anybody's saying that Nintendo has nothing to do with the Wii's sucess. But saying that 3rd parties didn't help it get to where it is today is just foolish.

Over the past couple of years, Ubisoft has sold 25 million Just Dance games on the Wii. 22 million Sonic games, of various genres, have been sold thanks to Sega's support. 15 Million Lego Star Wars games thanks to Travellers' Tales. 13 million Gutiar Hero games from Activision.

I understand thanking that Nintendo is the #1 ingredient to their own sucess, but don't you think these 3rd parties help over the years?

You totally quoted me out of context... But I wasn't being clear maybe. I'll try again.

 

I was trying to explain that he can't argue the following:

"Nintendo couldn't have achieved 90M+ on their own without the 3rd party Just Dance periods of 2010 and 2011"

Reason he can't argue that: Nintendo wasn't in the game (making evergreen casual-oriented Wii titles) to begin with as of 2010 , to the upsetting of some Nintendo fans.

I would argue that it's impressive that 3rd parties managed to achieve it on their own, but I believe Nintendo could've achived 130M+ had they continued to support the console, with the help of 3rd parties giving background content. Try to see what I mean.

And maybe even, they could have reached 90M+ without 3rd parties, had they kept the momentum going. No proof, just hypothesis with predictions given the 2008 to 2009 track record.