| mrstickball said: May I ask why the Wii version of Rock Band is going to do gangbusters, when the PS2 version, from any standards, was DOA? |
I don't know why Rock Band PS2 did poorly. I don't think it was DLC, if that's what you're suggesting. 6 million songs downloaded is impressive, but still small compared to the amount of music on the game disc. I suspect more new songs will be sold via the inevitable disc-based expansions to Rock Band than by DLC, so there should still be a market for a "gimped" version.
More likely, people want to buy those disc-based expansions, and know PS2 is on the way out. Who wants to buy a nearly $200 game a second time after PS2 keels over and doesn't get a future Rock Band sequel/expansion?
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
