| SubiyaCryolite said: You really cant blame 3rd parties or even expect them to care at this point. Titles like Street Fighter IV (3.90 PS3, 2.78m 360), Tekken 6 (2.65m PS3, 1.24m 360), Battlefield 4 (2.97m 360, 2.02m PS4, 1.42m x1, 2.83m PS3) and CoD: Ghosts (8.90m 360, 1.93m X1, 2.47m PS4, 8.20m PS3) sell so well on other platforms. Smaller titles like Naruto and Tales games usually hit north of 600K on one or both SKUs. More and more Japanese games are selling well on PC as well as evidenced by Street Fighter X Tekken, Metal Gear Solid V, King of Fighters, Dynasty Warriors and Naruto coming to Steam. These type of games usually fail to crack 300k on the WiiU . Really why should any company go out of their way to cater to a such as small base of customers who never seem to give a damn regardless. There really is no point. PS4 + XBox One + PC is were most devs will focus on this generation, that's all there is to it. |
You make a very good point.
I have a question as I do not have a gaming PC thus do not use Steam. I have got the feeling that sales are very good on Steam because of frequent sales. Is the revenue for developers on Steam good or are they on Steam because "that's the place to be"?
As for the Tales and Naruto games: I do not know enough about these franchise but it seems they have a following on all platforms. Some are only released in Japan for some reason. (There is a difference in install base between platforms but it is not that big)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution Wii 2007 1.01 million
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution III Wii 2009 0.49 million
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 Wii 2008 0.38 million
Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles Wii 2009 0.17 million
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 X360 2010 0.74 million
Naruto: The Broken Bond X360 2008 0.57 million
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM Generations X360 2012 0.42 million
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 X360 2013 0.42 million
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja X360 2007 0.31 million
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storom 2 PS3 2010 1.17 million
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm PS3 2008 1.03 million
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 PS3 2013 0.79 million
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM Generations PS3 2012 0.69 million
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Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World Wii 2008 0.51 million
Tales of Graces Wii 2009 0.22 million (Japan only)
Tales of Vesperia X360 2008 0.69 million
Tales of Xillia PS3 2011 1.12 million
Tales of Graces f PS3 2010 0.88 million
Tales of Xillia 2 PS3 2012 0.45 million (Japan only)
Tales of Vesperia PS3 2009 0.43 million (Japan only)
Tales of Symphonia PS3 2013 0.35 million
