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Super.Gnome on 27 June 2008
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De85 said:
dtewi said:
Milion Selling Established IP's:

Wii- Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, WiiPlay, WiiFit, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Zelda, GH, Big Brain, Super Paper Mario, WarioWare, Crossbow Training, Strikers, RE, Sonic, Metroid, Lego Star Wars, RE:UC, RRR2. 19 out of 25, or 76%.

360- Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, GTA4, Forza, Guitar Hero 3, Madden, Tom Clancy Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy Rainbow Vegas, Guitar Hero 2, COD 3, COD 2, Madden 07, Fight Night 3, Tom Clancy Rainbow Vegas 2, PGR3, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Perfect Dark Zero, Need for Speed: ProStreet, WWE, FIFA, Tom Clancy Splinter Cell, PES 2008, PES 6, DOA 4, DMC 4. That is 29 out of 41 Million sellers relying on established IP's. Or 70.7%.

PS3- GTA, COD 4, GT5:P, MGS4, PES 2008, FIFA, GHIII, Need for Speed, Ratchet, DMC 4. 10 out of 15, or 66.6%.

It seems that the Wii's Million sellers come mostly from established brand names. But the Wii is also the one that has MUCH more Million sellers up their sleeves and Nintendo is apparently the best one at creating new IP's. And since they have a larger userbase it is a given that the software will sell much more.

My guess would be the Wii.

 

Let's be careful throwing around the word best shall we.  Big Brain, Mari Strikers, Link's Crossbow, etc.  may sell like gangbusters, but qualitywise they're nowhere near new IP's available elsewhere.   Bishock, Mass Effect, Uncharted, ...

 

Overall the million sellers count will shift in the Wii's favor, but it will still be a long drawn out battle with the 360 which whill finish second.

How can you argue this? The basis behind such an arguement is purely subjective. He has the numbers on his side, the only way we have to measure quality over a large number of people is the sales numbers. To argue that such games are better and these games suck despite the sales figures is basing your arguement solely on opinion. The arguement that nintendo is the best at designing IPs is based on sales and therefore unless someone else has more sales, or you find another valid measuring stick, your arguement holds no water.

As such I think that posing such an arguement with no credible evidence, as you've done, amounts to trolling and is in violation of the CoC. Your opinion is not a legit arguement in this case.