Oh Dear God-THQ doubts Wii

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stof said:

famousringo said:

totalwar23 said:
May I also add that their new project for the Wii is All-Star Cheerleading for the Wii balance board?

They're also making De Blob and Deadly Creatures, which are far more interesting projects to people who frequent this site. They also just published a new Kill All Humans title for Wii.

It's hard to criticize THQ for not bringing big, AAA-quality IPs to the Wii, because they don't really deal in that kind of game. They're a mid-tier developer, and their support for Wii has been modest, but I think they're ahead of the curve compared to a lot of other 3rd-party publishers.

Edit: A quick scan of the games database shows 17 Wii titles published or in development, compared with 9 for PS3 and 19 for X360. Plenty of dubious shovelware on all platforms. Besides Smackdown vs. Raw, which sold well on all platforms, their only solid success of the generation has been Saints Row on X360.

I think they're wisely trying to cover all the bases and I don't think they're really shorting the Wii that much at all.

So why didn't this post end this thread?

The guy's comments really don't sound like a big deal. He noticed that the other consoles are selling too and will continue to sell... I really don't see the problem here.

That's your interpretation of what the guy said. Other people interpreted his comments differently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DragonLord said:
I don't really disagree with him much, but that doesn't take anything away from the Wii.

The Wii has been tremendously successful and nothing can "damper" that fact.

But the ps3 and 360 will narrow the gap in sales as their prices drop. There is undeniably a huge difference in price between $250 & $500. A $300 BC (backwards compatiable) PS3 will definitely compete BETTER (didn't say it would pass) with the Wii--commonsense. You can say that the Wii can lower its price too...which is true, but will they when they can't even reach current demand? No...not for a long time. Demand needs to drop and supply needs to increase big time for Nintendo to even THINK about lowering the Wii price.

Point is:
Duh, of course a $250 ps3 will compete with a $250 wii better than a $500 ps3 will compete with a $250 wii. And I think we all agree the ps3 & 360 will lower their prices sooner than the wii because of supply/demand factors.

 No DragaonLord, You sir are incorrect. Sony and Microsoft are not going to lower the cost of their consoles if it means losing money. Demand would have to significantly dry up before either of those companies would go that route your talking about. Even if Nintendo still could not catch up to the demand for the Wii, If the competition between Xbox 360, PS3, and the Wii pick up significantly then they would drop the price. They did this with the DS even though the supply was not reaching the level of the demand but the competition from the PSP in North America and Europe was fierce. This was during the first full year of the PSP's lifetime or the second, Not really sure but it happened.

By the way, the Xbox 360 Arcade is $279.99 but the Wii is still out selling the Xbox 360 not only in North America but World wide.