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twesterm on 06 May 2008
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kingofwale said:
macross said:
kingofwale said:
Easy there... You think Rockstar cares about defeating Wii?

*T2 looks up the chats*
GTAIV sold 1.3 million on a console with under 5 million installbase. While MarioKart sold 1.2 million on a console with over 11 million installbase.

You think T2 will say "Oh damnit, we failed"????

Nintendo purposefully held back consoles last week. I don't remember anybody saying last week that PS360 defeated Wii in US.. why should there be a difference this week?

 

I mean hardware, both of the console doesn't sell so well compare to Wii....

Remember what did the PR of both Sony & M$ said, they were preparing for GTA IV... and now what?

They were creating more console, so they should sell more....

They have lower user base, it means that they have more opportunity to be purchased... they should sell more..

T2 shouldn't care it, Sony & M$ should...

You know what, I really think that people grap a Wii when they bought GTA IV, look at the attachment rate of SMG and SSBB.......


When are we going to stop judging Wii's hardware sales as if it's some kind of consumer buying trend? I remember last week it was at 69K in NA and behind BOTH PS3 and 360, I don't remember anybody saying it was doomed? Wii will sell, at that price-point, almost as many as they can ship. The fact Nintendo shipped that many is no coincident. They wanted to push Mario Kart Wii, sell hardware AND kill off hypes of GTAIV.

 

So far.. they are only 1/3.

Mario Kart got WHIPPED by both GTAIV versions. (lost)
Wii sold as many as they can ship (won)
GTAIV hype is bigger than ever (lost)

 

Next week, you will probably see Wii back to their bi-monthly low, while PS360 will be around over 100K again.

 


 You know, just last week I was complementing saying you were actually the voice of reason in some thread (forget which one) and people had said you had changed for the better.  Funny thing was I looked through your post history and actually believed them!  Guess that's all out the window.

Anyways!  A game selling more than a million copies on opening day isn't being whipped; that's a success no matter how you look at it.  Sure, the currently highest rate and one of the most hyped games of all time (since we can count news coverage) beat it that doesn't change the fact it did amazing against that.  The fact it actually did so well against such a big hitter is nothing short of amazing. 

As for GTAIV hype, I don't see how that is a loss.  When has any Wii game had a huge hype?  Even SSBB and Super Mario Galaxy didn't have huge hype.  I don't remember the last time I saw ads for a Nintendo game plastered everywhere with TV spots every commercial brake.  Nintendo han't been really big on the hype machine for a very long time.