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Any games not selling well on the Wii is the developer's fault. 

60 million year end 2008 for Wii is pretty silly.

I think something in the degree of 30-40 million is reasonable.

The DS is pretty much the fastest selling system ever and it hasn't even sold 60 million in THREE years.

Capcom admitted that retailers were some of the reason gumming up getting this game exposed in enough stores. Wasn't there a public statement about that recently?

But like I said before (I think in this thread even) a big part of why Wii's software sales aren't as high as they could be is because of inability to get hands on a machine. Who buys games without a console to play them on? Zack & Wiki got lost in the shuffle but I don't think it's beyond hope for the title. Word of mouth may bring that title back. I see lots of older titles resurfacing throughout the life of the Wii like bobbing apples.

Aren't we seeing old launch title Marvel: Ultimate Alliance resurface in the top 10 this week in the American charts? That thing has been out since last November and now it's #8 this week after being persona non grata for months. You will see that with Wii too and I believe to a greater effect.

Some people see games they like but only have so much money and time to devote to it so they vow to pick them up next time. I still don't have Super Paper Mario yet and that's big on my list. Trying to diversify my library I picked a few titles over it but it's still a hot buy for me & will be bought soon.

Some people see games all year long and then one day decide to buy it up. They sit in the shelves month after month and people see the image of that case & it gets embedded in their minds. Take me for instance. I missed out totally at launch for Wii. Didn't understand what it took to get a system at launch and was totally unprepared. I thought I could just waltz in and get one just by coming to the store. Ha! After I realized my grave error I decided well at least I'll walk out with Zelda and not make this a wasted trip. But all the Zeldas were preordered and the 9 left in the case were snatched up by the clerk right before my very eyes. So cruel and heartbreaking

I had a totally busted trip. Empty handed X 9000. There was one game there in that case that day that was plentiful, however. Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2. I remember longing for Zelda and then looking over to the left with loads of DBZ: BT2. I left the store saying I'll try again later and after I lucked out on Dec. 6 finally getting my Wii (I had picked up Zelda alone 3 days earlier just to have it) a few months later what was the very next game I bought at the early part of the next year 2007? DBZ: BT2. The game that made an impression in my brain after that disappointing trip to the store at launch. And thankfully it was an excellent game.

This will happen with Wii owners and the more systems available the more buyup for more games. Zack & Wiki will have its revenge, I really believe it.

John Lucas

Wii will have between 45-50m by financial year's end 2008. I'm going to learn more toward 50.

And CoD4 Wii is going to happen. It's not that CoD3 was a test that failed. It's more that it's a test that showed they were screwing up. MoH:H2, I think, is being watched very closely by Activision, and they're viewing it as a test. They're seeing if CoD4 Wii would be wise from that, and studying the control scheme to see if they can learn from it.

That, and Metroid Prime 3.

I think CoD4 Wii will be releasing within the next two or three months.

Please explain how Nintendo is going to magically double production by 2008.

"KWAAD VS JOHN LUCAS (We'll See Who's DELUDED!)"

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Can't speak for everyone else, but I just came back before I woke up. After sleeping.  Anyway, I don't see anything you two listed as incredibly relevant.

Please explain how Nintendo is going to magically double production by 2008.

Please explain how Sony magically doubled production of the PS2 in 2002. The succesful console gets huge increases in production, I thougt that was pretty much self evident.

Third party dev. give you a good game in Zack and Wiki, and got very little in return, hoping the game would sell well. Explain this.

Good games sell badly sometimes. I'm sure you're familiar with Okami, an excellent game on the best selling console to date? Zack&Wiki was a quirky niche title with a low budget, and the Capcom representives have repeatedly said that they weren't expecting to do all that well. 

How many third party titles do you think have made a profit on the PS3? Before the soon-to-be million seller CoD4, the best selling game was Riiidge Racer at under 700k.  The 360 is still selling more games, but Wii games clearly make more profit. I suppose the scenario where the Wii keeps getting spin-offs, and the main series remain on the HD consoles is possible, but it doesn't make sense honestly.

The people who said Metroid Prime 3 is going to outsell Halo 3 are the types of people who say the PS3 is going to outsell the Wii. Come on, we know there are fans for all consoles that are less than entirely rooted in reality. 

Parokki, don't remind me of Okami, it makes me sad :(

Maybe most of the crew behind RE4 and are gone but Capcom never was a shovelware company; see now Zack & Wiki, RE:UC and Lost Planet. All very good games; I wouldn't worry too much about RE5 quality rather than being more of the same, just a RE4 with fancier graphics.