bearsfan33 said:
The Wii has roughly 80% of the sales in the US as the 360, better sales in Japan, and equal sales in Europe; in total, it is the number 1 selling home gaming console. And you are telling me that because it hasn't taken over the 360 in the US, that "that's the reason" there is no third party support? I have a better answer: The Wii does have third party support, but it has it in the form of mini-game titles that will appeal to casual gamers. The 360 (and the PS3, to some extent) kicks the crap out of the Wii in attach rate because it is appealing to the gamer demographic of last generation. Look, it is relatively safe to say that if you are posting on a gaming site, you play more than Tetris. Having said (well, typed) that, I will re-iterate my original point: I don't care what the Wii does in sales (and neither do other 360 or PS3 owners). You will never see the types of games that appeal to 360/PS3 owners on the Wii - Nintendo is going after the casual gamers, and the Wii simply could not pull of the graphical demands of a game like Gears of War, UT3, Mass Effect, MGS3, etc. So, why am I typing this? Why did I post in this thread? To remind the Wii owners that most 360 and PS3 owners really don't care about Wii sales - we care about eachother's sales figures. After all, didn't Sony and MS say pretty much the same thing at E3 2006; that the Wii would make a great "companion system" to theirs, and that Nintendo was not in direct competition? Didn't Nintendo agree???? |
Yes, to a degree. Japan is a completely different market. And until recently few companies put much into the growing European market. As such, America is a target marget, especially for a game like gears of war. Japan isn't going to buy it. The European market will, but like I said, usually Europeans aren't targeted and the Wii only overtook the 360 there a few weeks ago. As such, America being the biggest market at this time is huge. If you have an American type game why would you not put it on the 360?
And clearly no one saw the demand of Wii (Nintendo included). A game like Gears takes a good 18-24 months to make. A mini game compiliation is probably 3-6 months. The Wii is 13 months old. I suspect by next Christmas it'll have a couple of games that'll interest you.
Are you sure that the 360 and PS3 are kicking the crap out of the Wii in attach rate? Wii has been moving alot of software recently. I'd venture to say if you take out the sports titles the Wii is doing very well comparatively without the AAA third party support that the 360 and PS3 have received.
Lastly, it's just fanboyish to say you don't care about the Wii. You may not like the shift to motion controls and wish the Wii to not succeed, but as a hardcore gamer (PS3 and 360 Demographic) I'm betting that the Wii has enough exclusives to interest you to buy it at some point. As such, it should at least interest you enough to see if it gets enough games to make the purchase worthwhile. It's the typical generalization; Wii is kiddy, PS3, 360 are gamers machines. I know 2 people with a 360. One now has a Wii, I'm close to getting the other to get one. I know 1 person with a PS3. They've had their Wii for a while. The Wii will get good third party games. PS3 owners and 360 owners will care and take notice. Maybe not you, but you aren't the rule.
Hardcore games will get a home on the Wii. There is no game that can't be done on the Wii. Look at Resi 5. That game is Resi 4 with HD. Resi 4 was on the PS2.
