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Goichi Suda, otherwise known as Killer 7 and No More Heroes director Suda 51, claims that third-party titles for the Wii aren't selling in his home land and that only Nintendo is really profiting from its success.

Speaking about the sales of No More Heroes in Japan, he told us, "Whilst the sales weren't as high as I hoped, other titles for Wii aren't selling so well either. Only Nintendo titles are doing well. This isn't just because of the current situation in Japan, as this is happening outside Japan."

He also expressed surprise over the casual audience that has been the primary adopters of the Wii. "Actually I was very surprised about the reality about Wii, because before I was making this game, I wasn't expecting that Wii would be a console targeted only for non-gamers. I expected more games for hardcore gamers. The reality is different to what I expected".

No More Heroes was released in Japan last year to impressive reviews, but failed to set the retail world alight. It's been reported that on its launch day, it took twenty minutes for someone to buy a copy at a signing, and even then it was a journalist from Famitsu.

 

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=179648

 

basically he is saying third party has a whole on wii isn't selling



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Sorry DMeisterJ, DonWii beat you to it already...lol



DMeisterJ said:
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... I should probably go get some sleep now, since I almost thought that was funny. =/



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Oh, I see.



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I would agree with Suda that 3rd party games for Wii aren't doing to hot, but two important points Suda failed to consider.. One; this really only applies in JAPAN.. if we look at the US and Europe 3rd party sales on Wii are actually pretty healthy. and two; ALL consoles in Japan are doing bad 3rd party wise, not just Wii. Why people continue to pick on the Wii for these problems when the other consoles are clearly doing just as bad or worse in terms of 3rd party soft sales perplexes me.

Japan's gaming tastes are simply going through a metamorphosis right now, and it seems so far Nintendo's the only company that is currently in tune with these new tastes and taking advantage of them.



thread already made.



Parokki said:
DMeisterJ said:
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Already a post saying there's already a thread about this!

 

 

... I should probably go get some sleep now, since I almost thought that was funny. =/


 Already a post from Crimekiller detailing there as already a post from DonWii before DmeisterJ stating this was already posted elsewhere.