| hunter_alien said: I agree in most cases except one : strong first party games partially kill the hardcore market . Many hardcore gamers will buy a Wii just for Nintendo games ... thats why others like NMH or Z&W arent selling at the level they should .... but thats just my opinion ;) |
Please don't bring up the No More Heroes/Zack & Wiki argument again. No More Heroes was only advertised in gaming magazines and gaming websites. No TV commercials, nothing. The developer (Suda 51) made a game previously for the GameCube (Killer7) that sold 20,000 copies. There was barely any history of Grasshopper and no one knew their names. No More Heroes was expected to sell not much more than Killer 7 because it was so violent and stylish. No More Heroes has sold over 225k, exceeding expectations.
Zack & Wiki had NO advertising whatsoever, NONE. They only got some but Zack & Wiki campaign from IGN. Zack & Wiki is also a game from a DEAD genre on home consoles, POINT AND CLICK. The game was only expected to sell around 200k copies and is at a 335k right now.
No More Heroes and Zack & Wiki are NEW IPs with no history at all. Not many games I know nowadays without grisled war machines get millions so quickly. If Nintendo's high quality 1st party efforts are killing the hardcore market, why are games like The Conduit, Disaster: Day of Crisis, MadWorld, and Wiiware 3rd party games even being released? They aren't going to sell why bother? They bother because 3rd parties not selling on the Wii is a damn lie, that's why they bother.
Oh yeah, No More Heroes might get a sequel, who knew?
Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. " thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."
