| Tuanniez said: If Disney only cares about money, then they should send KH3 to the PS3, call me crazy, but I'm certain that game will sell better on the PS3 than the Wii. I see KH3 more as a hardcore type game. I don't think the casuals will really care for it. While I'm sure PS3 owners will eat it up. Might be the fanboy talking inside me lol, but that's how I really do see it. And Disney loves Sony =P |
I find it somewhat ironic that people bash the wii for being kiddy and yet somehow a game centered around Disney and its characters is expected to sell poorly on the system.
Normally I despise the rumor mill but in this case I think its clear the reasons for it to be a Wii exclusive make a whole helluva lot more sense than a PS3 exclusive, assuming of course its exclusive at all (which isn't a gaurantee).
The thing is that KH2 got 87% of its sales from Japan and N. America. Similarly, 85% of sales came from Japan and N. America for KH. And none of that is factoring in the final mix versions which were all Japanese releases and would skew things even further. So when you look at Japan + N.America whats the current situation? Between the two markets the Wii has about 71% market share.
You explain to your shareholders why you made that move. It doesn't make sense especially when you consider the strength of the Disney brand and how well it would resonate with "casual" gamers.
In terms of synergy the Wii and the KH IP are two things that go hand in hand, from the Disney background, to the Keyblade+Wiimote combo, the install base in the right territories etc...I can't fathom an intelligent move that doesn't at least land the game on the Wii in some capacity, it may not be exclusive but it would be one of the single largest blunders in the history of video games for them to make it PS3 exclusive.
The funny thing is I don't know that I would even buy the game, I've never played the game and I don't really know anything much about it...I have no strong feelings as to where it goes whatsoever. I just think its blatantly obvious that this will end up on the Wii somehow and if it doesn't one of two things will be true: Either the install base situation has changed dramatically when it's announced, or the person who made the choice is a complete bafoon. It really is that simple.
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