Based on this thread, but I thought we could continue the discussion with the correct information.

"publishers of Wii games need to sell only one million games to turn a profit" with a clarification that it's fewer than a million required (many took the word "only" out of context). The specific numbers weren't given, but given the wildly varying game budgets for the Wii, that would be a moot point anyway.

But it does make it clear most developers are making money on the Wii. Not all, since some sadly overspent even for niche games (Cursed Mountain's publisher and Little King's Story's developer), but most will make money even with their sales being just a few hundred thousand.

This makes sense, since in the PS2 era, many games sold about that much and the companies made money.

it depends on a company's brain, if they believe crap can sell they are wrong

also, if they believe diamonds in rubbosh can sell (Nintendo games), well, they can, but not if people must dig a lot to find them(LKS)

i mean, LKS marketing and promotion was awful, other games like Just Dance may seem shovelware to some, but it's mostly taste

the thing is, you can find Just Dance, everywhere, while LKS is hidden, and i personally couldn't find it in any shop, had to order online

I find something sells when three things happen:

• People want your product.
• People are aware of your product.
• People can get your product.

Since most Wii games cost $20-$50, the third point is usually moot. So it's up to companies to take care of the first two.

*cough* this *cough*

If people want that game, they want that game. If Move or Natal has a game that appealing to the mainstream it will also sell (as long as those controllers sell well in the first place). Calling the game bad makes me wonder how many played it or just looked at the metacritic score, when those reviews are from people who don't like that kind of game anyway.

Quite a number of people say they liked it.

Cing apparently had management and efficiency problems, which just exacerbate things, like poor Red Dead Redemption which has to sell 5 million to break even, when a game like that should be satisfied with 2 or so, LKS could have made it if Cing wasn't in the trouble they were.

Yeah, I knew reggie was being misquotes somehow... i mean think of what HD budgets would need... 3-4 million for an average game? I think not.

Reggie, you're not helping. The figure's usually less than 200,000 units; why continue to overinflate things the way that the Wii's detractors try to do?

I think what reggie is trying to say is 3rd parties don't no how to make good wii games cause they suck and can't sell a million............. I think he's actually speaking for nintendo and is assuming thats the average on all wii games or maybe he's trying to let third parties know how nintendo does and it could be good advice.........