| the_dengle said:
Poorly, of course. It's a football game released in November. Sure, the PS3 '07 & 360 '06 versions sold better than the Wii U version (but again, HD was a significant upgrade. Don't tell me you expected the Wii U version to be 4K compatible.), but that doesn't mean they sold "well." They sold as well as the Wii version ever did. It wasn't until 360 '07 & PS3 '08 that they actually sold decently. And the PS2 version was the best-selling version each year until 2009. Likewise, I don't doubt Madden 2015 and 2016 will sell best on 360. |
If we're just looking at the first 9 weeks, then they did sell more than any Wii version. Of course the legs wouldn't be able to bring them up to PS2 levels. The 360 was at 2,259,910 in the US when its second madden came out and the PS3 was at 1,673,88. The PS2 version alone was selling way more than their install bases. Of course I haven't been comparing the Wii U to current 360/PS3 Madden sales, but to the sales at their launches. It's also worth noting the Wii version in 2006 wasn't HD, released late, was missing features, and launched on a console with no install base and also vastly outsold the Wii U version in the first 9 weeks.
So since you seem to admit there was no way that the Wii U version of Madden was going to sell well, why have you been making excuses and blaming EA? Why would they put extra effort into it if it was going to sell poorly no matter what?
