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Games4Fun on 25 March 2011
radiantshadow92 said:
Games4Fun said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Mad55 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Mad55 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Mad55 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
mundus6 said:
Carl2291 said:

3, 6 and 8... Shame


WOW, you bash the only 3 games there that was remotely innovative and not "insert brand name here" yearly edition. Ok number 8 i guess i could agree on, but most number 8 buyers are probably new buyers.

Looking at the list again, your comment pretty much sums up why the video game industry is about to have its 2nd crash.


Just because a game is innovative doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

3 and 6 dont suck though.

imo,

3 isn't even a video game. No one plays it for fun and if they do then they need to play wii sports resort instead.

6 is only good for the controller it comes with (don't know if it still does), there are way better games that do what it does.

They just aren't very good video games and don't deserve the top spot over MANY other wii games.

alot of people like wii sports resort (how is this not a game?) and mario kart wii is awesome who just wants the game for the cheap wheel? alot of people dont even play with it  and mario kart deserves all of its sales its a good fun game

ummm 6 is wii play. and i never said wii sports resorts is not a game, its a really good game actually. 3 is wii fit.

lmao damn my bad mixed stuff up narly like well yea 6 is well yea wii play. and why isnt wii fit a game?


Because no one plays it for fun, if they did, they should be playing wii sports instead. Games are fun or story. Wii fit has none. Its not really a game.

Well thats a easy arguement to take out. Go to a gym and ask those people if they find working out fun and enjoyable. There are people who work out all thier lives. There are people who end up doing it professionally because it is there hobby. How is it not fun? I dont play Wii Fit, but I do exercise 3 days a week and I enjoy it.

So then its not a video game because its a workout. My point is that people don't go "Lets play wii fit" its more "lets workout with wii fit"

Doesnt make it not fun which was your arguement.So by your arguement it is still a game. Plus, how do you know thats what they say, or even a big amount?



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Kasz216 on 25 March 2011

I feel like this probably isnt' adjusted for inflation.



Kasz216 on 25 March 2011
Viper1 said:
Killiana1a said:

Goddamn shame that 2 companies dominated the software list.

As for consoles, one company still in the competition today is responsible for well over 50% of the consoles sold since the Magnavox Odyssey became the first video game console created in 1972.

Sony.

Yes, not Nintendo, Sony with the PS1 and PS2 sold more consoles than Nintendo did with the NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube combined.*

You want to start something major, then start a thread arguing Sony with 2 consoles has done more and sold more for video games than Nintendo ever did. Sure Nintendo may have created the most icons, but would Nintendo have gotten into the video game console industry if they did not have Atari to learn from and emulate?

Now that would be a fun debate to jump into.

 

Source: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=119548

*I don't include hand-helds as they are like the little brother or red-headed step-child compared to the console experiece.

You don't know much of the video game industry history, do you?

It is a pretty hyserical statement... considering the the Playstation only existed because Nintendo specifically made a contract with Sony to create it.

I mean, if Nintendo is supposed to be docked from the Atari coming first... how much should Sony be docked for the fact that their product would of never existed had Nintendo not  contracted them to make it!



dsage01 on 25 March 2011

Is Guitar hero undertracked according to VG? I'm really surprised that GTA San Andreas didn't make the list! 



Hephaestos on 25 March 2011
Carl2291 said:
Acevil said:

You really do like pushing limits don't you.

I think everything is good. Well, Wii Play is the only one, which shouldn't be up. Also take that best selling game on mobile phone, you don't even have significant amount on the top 10, and this is just USA. 

Limit? What limit?

I'm allowed to be upset with some games that I think don't deserve to be on the list. Or is VGChartz now becoming a place where you can't express a negative opinion against popular stuff?

I'm pretty sure nobody would complain and cry about it if I said the same thing about CoD. Why would there be double standards?

considering WiiFit made the fitness genre a viable one, it is showing lack of understanding of what the term merit means to say it doesn't merit to be there.

you may not like it (if you even tried) but there is a significant market for fitness games and it's there because of wii fit.



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Carl on 25 March 2011
Hephaestos said:

considering WiiFit made the fitness genre a viable one, it is showing lack of understanding of what the term merit means to say it doesn't merit to be there.

you may not like it (if you even tried) but there is a significant market for fitness games and it's there because of wii fit.

And I really, really don't like and have little interest in the fitness genre.

So I'm perfectly okay to dislike it being on this list, just as people will be just fine disliking Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Rock Band and Mario Kart.



                            

milkyjoe on 25 March 2011

Two Guitar Hero games...

Way to handle that franchise, Bobby.



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Pineapple on 25 March 2011

It would be interesting to see how this list had looked for Worldwide. It's a shame that it's only North America.

You can derivate a lot of information from that list, though.

Guitar Hero III made 830 million in revenue with 11.62 million sales. The average purchasing price was around 72 dollars.

Black Ops made 787 million with 15 million ( digital downloads) sales. The average purchasing price was 52 dollars. Possibly a bit more if this list uses outdated data.

Wii Fit made 736 million with 9.6 million sold. Average purchasing price is 77 dollars.

Modern Warfare 2 made 713 million with 13.4 million sold. Average purchasing price is 53 dollars.

The original Rock Band sold just a bit over 5 million. Yet it somehow made over 600 million in revenue. Did it really cost over 100 dollars? If not, I'm doing something wrong or VGChartz data is incorrect. Most likely the former.

Wii Sports Resorts has sold more than Mario Kart Wii in Americas, but somehow made less money in revenue.  



Barozi on 25 March 2011

I wouldn't call Wii Fit a game either.

Imagine if you played Wii Sports with a real tennis racquet and a real ball and smash it everytime against the TV. That's not a videogame, you're playing Tennis against a wall.

Or a Kinect game where you need to get a real gun and kill your family members and get points for it when the Kinect cam sees how the dead bodies fall to the ground.

Those are real life experiences and not videogames.



Barozi on 25 March 2011
Pineapple said:

It would be interesting to see how this list had looked for Worldwide. It's a shame that it's only North America.

You can derivate a lot of information from that list, though.

Guitar Hero III made 830 million in revenue with 11.62 million sales. The average purchasing price was around 72 dollars.

Black Ops made 787 million with 15 million ( digital downloads) sales. The average purchasing price was 52 dollars. Possibly a bit more if this list uses outdated data.

Wii Fit made 736 million with 9.6 million sold. Average purchasing price is 77 dollars.

Modern Warfare 2 made 713 million with 13.4 million sold. Average purchasing price is 53 dollars.

The original Rock Band sold just a bit over 5 million. Yet it somehow made over 600 million in revenue. Did it really cost over 100 dollars? If not, I'm doing something wrong or VGChartz data is incorrect. Most likely the former.

Wii Sports Resorts has sold more than Mario Kart Wii in Americas, but somehow made less money in revenue.  

Wii Sports Resort was bundled a few million times and NPD doesn't count them.