Wii is now least for million sellers

[oniyide]

RolStoppable said:

oniyide said:

They dont have unlimited retail space. PS360 versions of the game sell MILLIONS within days, thats alot of copies of a game in stores. Constrast that to the few thousand the Wii version sells in the same time frame, lets put our bias aside for a bit and see it from Acti's pov, why would they put more copies of a game that wont move that much units anyway?? they wouldnt, it makes no sense to do so. They need those shelves for the versions that do sell.

No MW1 did not make COD big, not big as it is now, people forget WAW was released later and actually sold less, so for a brief time the interest did go down. MW2 was the game that really made it the monster it is today and ironically that is when the exclusive advertisement started. Funny enough, the PS3 version still did alright. But Wii never even got that game so I will concede that point to you.  Your dead wrong about not building a base, they have released COD games for about 4 years straight how is that not building a fanbase?? and they each keep getting better, but they seem to do worse. How is that possible that the WIi version is doing worst yearly while the others actually get better??

I think the JD crowd is large, im think maybe 75%, 60% the lowest, judging soley by the games that are largly sold. 10 million Wii owners who care about core?? Sure! but how much of those ones have another gaming platform, their are some people who truly believe that their is a loyalty thing among gamers. But i assure you, people like you are in the minority. I bet you that most of those ten million people, bought an HD console or PC a long time ago.  Hate to use COD but ill go again, COD3 Wii version outsold the PS3 version, now the WIi version doesnt come anywhere close to the PS3 version. Whether you wanna blame Ninty or Acti or satan, its irrelevant, they left and never turned back

Sure, let's put our biases aside. If we do this, we both have to acknowledge that CoD isn't big on the Wii, because in 2007 when CoD went from good (6m) to phenomenal sales (15m), there was no Wii version of the game. That is the main cause that led to future low CoD sales on the Wii, not Wii owners not being interested. A game that does not exist cannot sell.

Don't recap history as if PS3 owners wouldn't look for Call of Duty: MW2 on their console after the series sold 6m with MW and 4.8m with WaW. We are talking about the most popular series on the PS3 here. Xbox only commercials for MW2 or not, there was already a huge CoD fanbase on the PS3.

How isn't it building a fanbase on the Wii? Let's see... the game that made CoD big wasn't released on the Wii. In the following year a game was launched that made interest in the CoD series go down, so according to you it really shouldn't count as building a fanbase. In the year after, the game that made CoD even bigger wasn't released on the Wii, so the Wii lost out for a second time. Really, if you don't see how this could lead to problems, then you must have lied about putting biases aside. If a consumer base gets treated like crap repeatedly, then they will of course stop caring for the little that gets thrown their way.

The main reason why many Wii owners bought another platform is because they got treated like in the CoD example. It's not that they wanted to buy a 360 or PS3, they had to because third parties refused to put good core games on the Wii; and this reason [refusal to make good Wii games] is why this thread exists.

Who is to blame is not irrelevant. It's what this entire argument is about. You blamed Wii owners, like pretty much always; and by now you have built your argument around a game that never released on the Wii as an example of how Wii owners don't care for core games.

I already conceded that missing that game was detrimental. No argument there.

Like i said I concede to that missing game part, but you act like they just flat out stop releasing these games on Wii, which is not the case, they made a mistake and they are (sorta) trying to recitfy it. But the damage is already done, and like you say they moved on to othe consoles, it is what it is. 

Again, im not blaming anyone, im simply stating that the fanbase for those kind of games, at this point, have moved on. It is irrelevant to point fingers, even if I say that it is 3rd parties fault, so what?? It wont change anything, the Wii is still not gonna get as much core support as the other two and people who want to play those kinds of games, will just keep playing PS360/PC, the JD crowd can keep dancing. Everyone(mostly) is happy