theRepublic said:
lilbroex said:
theRepublic said:
I wouldn't even put Smash Bros in the top four killer apps for the Wii. Wii Sports, Wii Fit, and Mario Kart are the games that drove the Wii to record breaking sales from 2006 - 2008.
1. Wii Sports
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. Wii Fit
4. NSMB Wii
Smash Bros might make it as number 5, but I would have to think about it more.
"The word refers specifically to that one piece of software that drives people to buy a piece of hardware morso than anything other."
Yes, that is exactly it.
It has nothing to do with graphics or maxing out a systems capabilities. If people are using it that way, then they have twisted the original meaning. I have seen the same twisting with the phrase "AAA" too. These terms have nothing to do with graphics, but the games that do fit those meanings tend to have high production values. People who didn't understand the meaning have just taken to using them to mean "great looking game".
(As an aside, AAA really means a game that is guaranteed to bring in a ton of money for the company making it. Thus it justifies a higher budget for itself, and has high production values.)
|
How much it sold does not determine if its a killer app. It is determined by how many people bought the system "for the software". Nobody felt that they had to get Wii Sport. Smash Brothers on the other hand brought a lot of first timers to the system.
|
You have to be joking.
Smash Bros sold 7 million on the Gamecube. It sold 11 million on the Wii.
Mario Kart sold 7 million on the Gamecube. It sold 32 million on the Wii.
And you somehow think "Smash Brothers on the other hand brought a lot of first timers to the system." How can you think that?
Here is some more.
Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus combined to sell 43 million.
Wii Sports sold 79 million. It did 3.77 million in Japan where it was not bundled with the console. It is the second best selling Wii game in Japan, only behind NSMB Wii. Wii Sports moved consoles. Worldwide. End of story.
Speaking of NSMB Wii, it sold 25 and a half million.
Wii Sports Resort sold 30 million.
I love Smash Bros. It is my most played game on the Wii. But what you are saying is ridiculous.
|
The game selling a lot and people buying the system because the game are two different things.
Killer app does not equal game with the highest sells. It equals the software that made people buy some hardware when they would previously have not even considers. A game that is so good that it drives them to get the system.
