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MontanaHatchet on 19 June 2008
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sc94597 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
SC: Uhh, Lego games aren't the best example of Wii games outselling 360 games. For that matter, I could point out that the 360 versions of games sell better in the case of Smackdown vs. Raw, NBA 2K and Live, Madden, Call of Duty, Guitar Hero (although Wii legs are better), Fifa, and Tiger Woods. Lego games fit the Wii's demographics very well. Remember that back when the 2008 iterations of these games launched, the Wii had a similar to or larger userbase than the 360, although it wasn't in America which provided a lot of sales for these titles. Even with extrapolating, however, the 360 still comes out with an advantage in these titles.

Yes, but we've seen a decrease in 360 games outselling the wii games lately, and when they do it isn't by too much. This game could stand out more in the wii's userbase due to it not having much competition, and why don't lego games count. If it isn't similar to the game we are speaking of then we should say the same thing for all of those sports games you just mentioned. Then there is guitar hero which came to the wii much later, and was broken. Call of Duty was a launch game for the wii so I don't see how that should be considered. I was talking about lifetime sales btw guys. Not first week.

 

A decrease? There have barely been any titles this year that have been been on all the platforms, and most of the games this year have either been Wii and/or DS exclusive, or on the PS3 and 360 and maybe the PSP and PS2. Please list a good amount of examples of multiplatform games that sell better on the Wii, preferrably recently.

If we're talking about Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, it had a lot of competition during the holiday season. However, the Wii has adopted a large chunk of the casual userbase that the PS2 had, which is why we're seeing games like Lego Star Wars sell so well on the Wii like they did on the PS2. Also, children, who are familiar with Nintendo and the Wii, buy these titles as well.

As for Guitar Hero III, it didn't come much later. The Wii version launched alongside with the other versions save for Japan. The series itself can to Wii later than the Xbox 360 or PS2, but the same can be said about the PS2. Besides, Guitar Hero II came out on the 360 before the Wii itself did, at least as memory serves. And I don't remember GH3 being broken on the Wii. I'm pretty sure that a lot of people considered it to be the definitive version.

And if we're looking at Call of Duty, well then, let's see. The Wii launched to much higher numbers in the U.S. and PAL than the 360 did, and the Xbox 360 had Call of Duty 2 as a launch title. Now of course Call of Duty 3 was a multiplatform mess, but the 360 version still sold more than Call of Duty 2 on the 360, so the Wii version should have at least beat the PS3 version, considering how absolutely horrendously PS3 supply was in America during the launch.

Anyways, the sun is up and I'm going to get myself something to drink.