theprof00 said:
You're limiting yourself if you don't think call of duty will sell consoles.
Unique games are not the real system sellers. Big superficial clones and brands are what sell,
and what with the connectivity and remote play, gamers will be able to play call of duty when dad is watching the game. Vita and ps3 have a connectivity on a similar level as what wiiU is supposed to have. Granted, vita doesn't have it yet, but it's more than capable.
Furthermore, disidea and monster hunter are not system movers, sure they sell games, but someone who is into monster hunter already buys a system for it.
Look at the sales, the highest selling psp game is GTA, a game that is available on consoles. next highest is monster hunter unite, then another gta, then monster hunter 3, a game available on the wii.
Then a long list of games that are either ports or multiplatforms, or spinoffs of games available on consoles.
I know three people, Marvel/Capcom addicts, who want to buy a Vita JUST for MvC:Ultimate to play on the bus, or when someone else is playing on the tv.
A call of duty game on psp sold better than littlebigplanet. A call of duty game is the 16th best selling game on the system...a system with one analog. Why do people buy call of duty 5 times, already? Every version is the same thing, and they come out nearly every year. To add onto that point, you can play CoD on your vita using remote play, you don't need to buy it twice. You buy a vita for the games that are on it, in addition to all those ps2/1 games you've downloaded, and to play your ps3 when you don't have access to the tv. You can even do remote play over internet, so you could go to university, leave your ps3 on at home, and play your ps3 over your university's wifi network...on your vita.
Your thought process is mostly logical though, so I can't really fault you for it. Unique games BECOME big games. Everything was once a unique game, even pokemon. But the problem is that the success rate of unique games is far lower than you think. There are lots of great unique games that never really hit the mark. Little King's Story, Odin Sphere, Valyria Chronicles, Suikoden series, Folklore, Earth Defense Force. For every big successful unique game there are a ten others that simply never make it due to competition, a hundred others that never make it because they're too niche, and a thousand others that never even get the recognition they deserve.
I mean, even as you noted yourself that they need disidea and monster hunter. Those aren't unique games anymore. They are big franchises.
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