Wii Fit + Rock Band Wii = Death of "revenue" argument for 360 apologists

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Erik Aston said:

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?

The PS2 version did poorly because it was released way after the PS3 and 360 versions. It has nothing to do with downloadable content, in fact, this game is casually aimed, and a casual doesnt' even know what downloadable content is.

 

If Rock Band for the PS2 was released along side the "next gen" versions, it would have outsold them.