Legend11 said:
Are they really doing any better on the Wii? How many new IPs built from the ground up on the Wii have met with a lot of success? The list is very small and the biggest success for third-parties, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has Mario in the title. People can point to budget titles and talk about success all they want but how many such titles would a large third party have ot make in order to get the kind of profits they're used to? The market would be flooded if they attempted to do that. |
Why restrict yourself solely to new IPs, though? Guitar Hero, Resident Evil, Sonic...established third party IPs seem to have done quite well for themselves on the system too, routinely shattering expectations. Heck that's something Wii detractors try to use all the time against the Wii: "well of course that game sold well: it's from a well-known series!" Somehow, in a sequelitis industry, I doubt third parties care.
But even though your limitation is meaningless, let us discuss it nonetheless, for even there the Wii is doing well. We are now ignoring "budget titles", such as Zak and Wiki, the Trauma Center games, No More Heroes, Carnival Games and the rest of the massive list, since despite the fact that these games are quite profitable for their publishers you have again chosen to arbitrarily discard them. Instead, we are focusing solely on the big-budget third-party games, which received hype, funding, and developer talent. Thankfully, this will be a VERY short discussion...
Raving Rabbids is a new IP that isn't neccessarily a budget game, even though its funding is absolutely dwarfed by that of the average 360 and PS3 title. Both titles have gone platinum, and the series is evidently lucrative enough that Ubisoft has turned it into an annual series. Please note: the original Rabbids also came out on the 360, PC, and PS2: those versions were dropped, since they were not profitable. Allow me to repeat that: the only versions of the new IP that were profitable were on Nintendo systems.
The other new IP that fits your criteria is Red Steel. It, too, is a million seller. It, too, is seeing a seque on the system. And, ironically enough, it was recognized by its own creators as being a sub-par effort in the end, which is why they've promised improved efforts for the Wii in the future (for the rest of that soap opera, see Ubisoft: How to seriously screw up your own PR). So, I'm going to say that it was a success.
Hey look! We've now covered all the games that match your meaningless limitations, and you were still incorrect! This was fun. I'm sure you have some objection, or some clarification, so please bring it forward. You'll probably still be wrong, but I've got a half-hour to spare, so it's all good.
