| Declan said: 1) variation is diversity, thats what this thread was trying to prove, sales dont mean anything in that regard. I play Tekken 6 way more than SSBB. Again what does that have to do with diversity?? There are MORE fighting games released on the HDs than Wii, fact. It doesnt matter how much SSBB sold because its still ONE game. 2)I would call NMH garbage because I played it and thats what I thought it was garbage. I dont care what anyone else says, they liked it. Good for them. Why did MNH2 not sell better or at least as well as NMHs?? The only thing would be that the buyers of the original game didnt think it was that good to begin with
1) Sort of - i posted the data to show that the games that had sold in huge numbers on the Wii did not demonstrate (as claimed by someone elsewhere) that Wii users had the least diverse game tastes. Comparing the games that has sold in huge numbers across the 3 home platforms was, I felt, a legitimate way of addressing/rebuffing the claim. 2) That's an interesting question - I bought NMH and really enjoyed it, but never got around to getting the sequel. I think that's because, while I enjoyed it, I didn't feel inclined to repeat the experience so soon after the original. Now I would by no means regard myself as representative of the typical Wii gamer, but my tendency (which is not absolute by any means, but a tendency nonetheless) to avoid repeating game experiences within a short space of time may be shared by others, and may in some way account for the disappointing performance of many sequels on the Wii (relative to the originals). I'm often amazed at how a new CoD outperforms its predecessor and leads to hardware spikes (who was drawn to an HD machine by CoD:MW3, but not MWs 1 and 2?) - we've seen with games like SMG2, Zelda:SS and various others that being a Wii sequel to a critically acclaimed and big-selling predecessor does not make outperforming that predecessor particularly likely (unlike on the HD systems). I don't say this to imply that Wii owners' tastes are more diverse, I just offer it as an observation in response to your point about NMH. |
1) ok, i can see some of that, but i digress, the only way to find out who really has the most diverse library is to go genre by genre and simply count the amount of titles. The amount of sales sold does not really matter. Lets look at fighting games again. SSBB sold 10mil. The other games in that genre on Wii sold FAR less. Plus it doesnt has less releases in that genre compared to HDs. Now your SFs, MvsCs, Tekkens, etc. sell about 1-2mil. Those can add up to the 10mil SSBB sold really quickly. We havent even gotten to the sales of fighters released on PSN/LIVE. Hell if anything, IMHO that shows that it would be the least diverse, why would so much people buy SSBB?? Either the other fighting games on WIi just suck OR there are not that much released in the first place
2) THats a good tendency, but why has this not applied to HD games across the board??? Uncharted, Killzone, Gears, ME, CODs, they all have increased their sales. Wii seems to be the opposite, hell COD seems to be selling worse every year.Im not saying all series on HDs increase in sales, but i cant think of one game series on Wii that actually increased its sales, with the exception of Just Dance. I think most Wii owners dont buy that much games IMHO, or they just buy the same ones
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