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oniyide on 29 February 2012
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happydolphin said:
oniyide said:

Its all good, some people just dont have the time, energy or funds to buy systems just for one game, not in this economy anyway. No matter how much they may like it, and my friends are the ones that defend the franchise and even watch the damn movies. IMHO, i just think Capcom is going crazy with RE and they are going to oversaturate the series, I think we might be seeing that with RE R, but i wont know for sure until the other two come out.

Yeah your right it was market leader, I think what happened was they saw how well the WiiSports/Fit were doing compared to everything else and decided to go that route for Wii, now lets take UBi, they make a killing on AC and JD, JD costs them nothing to make for Wii, AC is pretty damn expensive, but they both make them money. Yes a AC game for Wii would be cheaper than an AC game for HD, but it would still be more expensive than JD and wouldnt even sell anywher near as much as JD on Wii or AC on PS360. Yeah they made one for PSP and DS, but those didnt exactly fly off the shelves themselves, hell I think IMHO it would have done worst. Thats just an example. And really that scenario has always been like that. Its the same thing on HDs, just replace dance with FPSs, last gen it was sandbox, before that...JRPGS and 3d plats, before that 2d plats. Yes if you are a Wii only owner, it sucks to be you sometimes, but fortunately this will never happen again.

RE:R was what many call a much needed return to the franchise's roots. But I think we're going off for RE, we founds lots of common ground on it, and I understand your buddies not being able to afford two plats. In my story, I didn't end up buying the 360 with SFIV, but I was very, very tempted to, if I remember correctly I was picking up the box to get ready to buy it, but decided not to. It was a bad move the 360 would've provided lots of fun, but what the heck.

@Bold, I'm glad you mentioned that, and it's so true. But the 2nd part of the sentence, it not selling as much as AC on PS360 is debatable. Not as much as JD is highly likely, but not as much as AC on PS360.

Assassin's Creed (9.38M)

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Assassin's Creed X360 2007 Adventure Ubisoft 2.99 1.49 0.07 0.51 5.06
4 Assassin's Creed PS3 2007 Adventure Ubisoft 1.72 1.77 0.09 0.74 4.32
Total                   9.38

 

Assassin's Creed II (9.62M)

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
2 Assassin's Creed II PS3 2009 Action Ubisoft 2.09 1.81 0.21 0.79 4.89
3 Assassin's Creed II X360 2009 Action Ubisoft 2.66 1.51 0.08 0.48 4.73
Total                   9.62

 

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (8.02M)

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
5 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood X360 2010 Action Ubisoft 2.31 1.34 0.03 0.41 4.09
6 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PS3 2010 Action Ubisoft 1.46 1.68 0.11 0.68 3.93
Total                   8.02

 

Assassin's Creed: Revelations (6.36M)

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
7 Assassin's Creed: Revelations X360 2011 Action Ubisoft 1.73 1.15 0.02 0.33 3.24
8 Assassin's Creed: Revelations PS3 2011 Action Ubisoft 1.06 1.44 0.06 0.57 3.12
Total                   6.36

 

Just Dance (Main entries. Low: 6.61M, High: 8.97M)

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Just Dance 2 Wii 2010 Misc Ubisoft 5.44 2.66 0.01 0.87 8.97
2 Just Dance 3 Wii 2011 Misc Ubisoft 3.94 2.66 0.00 0.76 7.36
3 Just Dance Wii 2009 Misc Ubisoft 3.07 2.82 0.00 0.71 6.61

 

I'd agree that a Wii flavor of AC could at most reach the sales volume of one of the HD twins, so 4-5M. True, Just Dance was the right business choice for Ubisoft, especially for a dev-intensive game as AC. Great Point.

I never thought of it that way. Question though, what was the performance of AC (1) prior to the expansion of the HD market (due to games like AC)? This would help answer the final question. Are AC sales high due to 3rd parties favoring the HD twins, or are they high on the HD twins, hence the sound business decision. I've brought up lots of numbers, it's your turn Oni . I'm curious to know the answer!


Well the AC 1 numbers are right there, the game sold that much prior to the HD boom, it was a new IP and it wasnt even that GOOD and it still did gangbusters.  YOu think that an AC game for WIi could reach 4-5 mil?? No, hell no. COD is a MUCH more popular franchise. and the COD games cant even crack the 2 million mark on WIi despite the bigger install base.  Keep in mind that the COD games on WIi are 90 percent identical to the HD version. An AC game wouldnt be so lucky since those are much more demanding on the PS360 hardware than any of the COD games.  Best case scenerio you'll get a AC Bloodlines scenario. A simple ok game that could push about 1.5 mil lifetime maybe and hell IMHO I dont even think it would do that much.  Hell MOH Heroes 2 sold better on PSP than on WIi by alot, a freaking portable FPS sold better than its CONSOLE version, by a lot. DOnt know how that happened