Current-gen Million sellers - 24/02/08.

[Riot Of The Blood]

RolStoppable said:

Riot Of The Blood said:

RolStoppable said:
Okay, which other currently available Wii games do you want?

Zack & Wiki, No more Heroes, Dragon Ball Z: BT3, Geometry Wars, Metal Slug Antholigy.

All of these are solid games, and I don't really care what the reviews are. Also, keep in mind that this is my second Wii. I had other games that aren't listed in my profile.

Yes, these are all solid games, but everyone of these would have troubles to hit a million, no matter which system they were on.

Zack & Wiki and No More Heroes are good exclusives, but both are niche and have limited appeal. Geometry Wars is the expensive version of an XBLA game, the added content doesn't really justify the price for most gamers, because the core gameplay is the same in each level. Metal Slug never broke a million on the PS2, so there's no hope it could on the Wii. Dragon Ball Z: BT3 is another entry in an overused anime licence, so chances are very slim for that one as well.

Basically, none of the five games you mentioned have a chance to sell a million, despite their quality. But this wouldn't be different on any other system, so I don't see how you could blame Wii owners for it.

I don't believe No More Heroes is niche. I still think the game has a chance at 1m units sold (when it comes to software, I consider shipped sold).

More to the point: I'm not blaming Wii owners for anything. Your post implied that Nintendo is the only company making good games on the Wii. I think that's complete bullshit, as I believe there are plenty of good 3rd-party games on the Wii. I still, however, don't believe that the Wii is moving the amount of 3rd-party sofware it should. Let me put it this way: The Wii is the market leader. It's a platform designed to be able to carry the industy on it's back. We're not talking about the niche user base the GameCube had anymore. Triple A games take a lot of time and money to develop. If those were the only games that sold well, there would be little room for groth and smaller developers. That's why it's important that the Wii move far more 3rd-party software than it actually does. I don't believe in your "the games don't deserve to sell well" excuse.