Yawn... not desparate at all, I couldn't care less about NMH, and in fact at this level of sales, a few thousands more or less is really meaningless, I just really dislike how some people always twist things to make the Wii look bad (I would dislike it if it's done for the other consoles as well, I dislike any attempt at twisting things no matter what the subject matter, it's just that 99.99% of the time I don't bother reading threads regarding consoles I don't care for).

The COD:MW port was a really tough situation. To put it plainly, it got no ads or promotion. The actual back boxart for the game is terribly designed, and the screenshots are horribly pixelated on it. Luckily, the name on the front saved it. People followed the cereal mantra: "If it says Kelloggs on the box, its Kelloggs in the box"; sales by association.

To make things even worse, the game is twice the price of the editions with better graphics and still sold a million.

The only reason it isn't at 3 million+ right now is because the Wii console was not there during the time the COD fanbase quadrupled in size from COD3 to COD4. But then again if it was, we would not have Reflex right now would we?

At the time of NMH1's release, the Wii userbase in Japan was 4 million. The userbase of the PS3 and 360 combined in Japan now is 5.5+1.3m, so 6.8 million. The title has more features than the original and the graphics are better. However, the loading times are longer, many more interesting games have released since 2007, and there is no allure of motion (but PS3/360 owners expect not to have it obviously).

Regardless of all the junk we can bring up about this game in the whole scheme of the PS3&360 versus Wii war, the title did not sell gangbusters on any of the 3 consoles in Japan. The fact that the two consoles are even combined is pretty pathetic, and a shallow attempt and portraying some type of growth, when individually they are both low. Remember kids, there is strength in numbers.

wow I'm surprised it sold this well.

Development is different on PS3 and 360 simply because of the hardware and how you need to code for it, but thats beside the point, since NMH Paradise also not identical in every aspect between the PS3 and 360 versions lol

It sure looks desperate to me.

And it's not twisting anything to make the Wii look bad. It's talking facts. Which it seems a small portion of the Wii fanbase can't handle if it makes the Wii look even slightly bad. (It's not even a big deal, it's an old game with minimal hype that didn't sell very well anyway)

Well that shuts up that point then haha

But still, even if you don't combine the sales... It's looking like the PS3 version will outperform the Wii versions week 1 anyway. I don't see the fuss about it really, as i just said, it's a relatively small and old game with minimal hype.

it's not likely to outsell the wii version even if the first week is bigger (which is certainly not guaranteed).  Wii sales are at about 40k i don't think it's gonna get there.  Combined they probably will but not by a significant amount.  As other people have said though, it's bad for all of them.  Why are we arguing over tiny differences that really make little difference to the developers in face of the large sales in the US?

Amen. I just beat NMH today. Awesome game. I rank the game right up there with my favorite 360 games. It's a shame the Wii doesn't get the respect it deserves from so-called "hardcore gamers". I'm telling you right now, I used to be a big motion control naysayer when it came to hack n slash. And you know what? I don't think I've had this much fun with a hack n slash game ever. The motion control really does add to the experience. No More Heroes is not exactly a deep hack n slash game (so I can understand why the God of War, Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, etc. purists would scoff at that thought). But it's pretty damn fun. I have to give it that. Even if you get more depth from a gamepad and gamepad hack n slashers are fun as it is, the motion control thing does help with the immersion. Especially when you're fighting hordes of baddies (ie. Assassination Gig 18 where you can kill 100+ enemies in 3 mins).

Exactly I think I tried to mention this like 5 pages ago, its not surprising the game didnt do well Suda doesnt make games with japan in mind even though his games are very "japanese".

lol the comment section is fucking hilarious lol