Dispelling the myth: The Wii market is (NOT) bigger than the HD twin market

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happydolphin said:

superchunk said:
Who ever argued the HD twins combined were a smaller market than Wii?

It should never of being a competition between them. COD proves the games (mostly all) could of been down-ported and still provided a great game. Devs and Publishers simply didn't think they'd have good returns on that investment of a down-ported engine. Again, I think CODs 1m+ with each iteration on Wii proves that idea wrong too.

I would never of bought a PS3 had they down-ported AC, Batman, RE5 and a few other 3rd party games.

The fact that the down-ports are a great game or not means little about the respective markets and their  selling power. Why would you think that?

Wii sales of COD in comparison to PS3+360 are a prime example of this in action. Two markets, two results.

Its a self fullfilling prophecy.

"core" games were never put on Wii, therefore they didnt' sell, therefore those gamers bought a 2nd HD console.

Had those games been down-ported and presented from the beginning there is a solid argument to be made that a great number of those gamers would never have bought a 2nd console as the graphics alone were not the issue. But that never materialized and therefore the discussion can't really be given. COD is the only title we can discuss and on that front, it sold very well in its on regard. It wasn't equal to PS360, but I'm not saying they would ever had been equal. Just that those games could of done well and potentially the Wii could have broken the 50% mark as the content was available on all systems.

Its only two markets because 3rd parties forced that result.