curl-6 said:
Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:
Sin & Punishment was a niche game; an arcade rail shooter in 2010? It was never going to sell gangbusters.
Red Steel 2 was pretty left of field too, required and add-on, and shared the name of one of the system's most disappointing games, the odds were against it from day 1.
Other M was a shit game that went against everything fans loved about the series, so its easy to see why that wasn't a megaton.
Xenoblade actually sold really well for a 7th gen JPRG and a new IP.
And Skyward Sword had the same problem as Majora's Mask; it arrived in the final days of the system and needed an add-on.
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Even so, the Wii had a 100 million userbase. If it really had this huge ravenous audience wanting these types of core experiences, I have to think a lot of these games would've sold better. There are plenty of "mixed reviews" hardcore games on the 360/PS3 that sold just fine for instance.
These people had moved on by the second half of the generation to the 360/PS3, that's another thing badly underestimated ... Wii owners didn't need a HD console because already bought one, it just happened to be a Sony or Microsoft one.
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Let's look at the PS2 for a sec; it had a 150 million install base, and yet...
- Goldeneye Rogue Agent barely sold more than Red Steel 2, despite being the sequel to a game that sold over 8 million.
- Critical darling Okami barely crossed 600k also.
- Silent Hill 4 barely crossed 500k, despite being from a popular series.
Clearly a big install base does not guarantee that every game will sell well.
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But PS2 obviously had many instances of tons of hardcore games selling extremely well. The Wii does not. People used the Wii as their party console, but if they wanted to do any serious gaming beyond their Mario/Mario Kart sweet tooth, it's fairly obvious they bought one of the other two HD consoles.
I had many friends that bought a Wii and were really excited about it in 2006/2007/2008, but by the second half of the generation, they were playing almost exclusively on their PS3 or 360 and rarely even bothering to boot up their Wii at all.
There's also so many hours you can play Wii Sports before it starts to get stale.
