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Kerotan 10 hours ago

Skullwaker said:
Kerotan said:
AFAIK just dance 2015 sold more on the Wii than any other platform. Fair enough they skip the Wii U but are they skipping the Wii?  Because they shouldn't.  

 

Just Dance 2015 also sold more on the Wii U than the other platforms (aside from the Wii).


"Rock band was a lot bigger on ps2, 360, And ps3.  The ratio is not the same as just dance."  

 

Yeah, but most versions of Rock Band on Wii regularly outsold it's PS2/PS3 counterparts.



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the_dengle said:

"The Wii U is a really hard call for us"

Hahahahaha! Anyone believe this for even half a second?

"I would be really psyched for there to be this public outcry (...) And then we start working on it."

holy shit I can't believe he said that. "Get down on your knees and tell us you want it."

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed this, although I played with just friends when it came to this series I'm seriously diappointed in the way they've gone about this, that and no PC release which means no extra dosh, I'd expect them offering the same lame excuse, fuck em I guess.



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.

Materia-Blade said:
vivster said:
Why release any game to a low install platform?

To sell, I guess. Then, do you think ps4 and x1 shouldn't be getting any game when they launched, right? Low isntalled bases.

I think we would see a massive drop in support for the One and PS4 as well if they had sold about 9.5 million units after 28 months and two holidays on the market. These situations are immensely different, surely you cannot fail to see that?



Guitarguy said:
Materia-Blade said:

Can't believe you're using two games sent to die by EA as a comparison.


He is not unequivocally wrong though.

http://www.vgchartz.com/platform/47/wii-u/

The highest selling non-Nintendo published/developed game on the Wii U is Ubisoft's ZombieU at circa 830,000 units sold worldwide....  This was considered a failure by Ubisoft. In fact, it was stated that it 'was not even close to making a profit'.

http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/07/08/zombiu-wasnt-profitable-no-sequel-planned

It only gets worse from there. Bayonetta II has sold a respectable amount but nothing in correlation to the amazing acclaim(ie 10/10s on major gaming publications). I would wager Bayonetta II cost alot more to produce than ZombiU... I would say Bayonetta II has yet to make a profit either...


Black OPs II, Ghosts, Tekken Tag 2, Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Injustice, Batman Arkham City/Origins, Mass Effect 3, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Splinter Cell Blacklist are all AAA games and all received good to excellent reviews but none of them have sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.. What chance does a forgotten 'fad' franchise that has been dormant for many years have??

Zombi U was a sucess AND a launch title. If ubisoft couldn't handle the budget, it's their problem.

Bayonetta 2 is selling faster than zombi U and donkey kong tropical freeze. I'ts also faster than the first game on any individual platform.

Not all of those games you listed are AAA. Some were 6 months to 1 year late. But most importantly, they sold ok and released when the installed base was less than half of what it is now. The sales prospects of any multiplatform are much better now, yet they aren't coming. That shows lack of professionalism from third parties. It's as if they wanted an excuse by porting games when the base was low and then stopping when it got better.



Mummelmann said:
Materia-Blade said:
vivster said:
Why release any game to a low install platform?

To sell, I guess. Then, do you think ps4 and x1 shouldn't be getting any game when they launched, right? Low isntalled bases.

I think we would see a massive drop in support for the One and PS4 as well if they had sold about 9.5 million units after 28 months and two holidays on the market. These situations are immensely different, surely you cannot fail to see that?

I think we would see far more than 9.5 million in 28 months if third parties were professional and released games for the machine. The lack of third parties are the reason why wii u didn't sell much, not the other way around(third parties not being there because the console doesn't sell, that's BS). Surely you cannot fail to see that?

Also, did we see a massive drop in support for ps3 and x360 after their rough start? Did we see good support for wii u at any point? NO.



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bigtakilla said:
Bman54 said:
Well damn, because all my plastic instruments are for the Wii. :( I'm not really inclined to rebuy more.

You would probably be able to use those. I mean controler options for Wii U games seem to be very diverse.

Did you miss the part where Rock Band 4 isn't coming to Wii U?



Chazore said:
the_dengle said:

"The Wii U is a really hard call for us"

Hahahahaha! Anyone believe this for even half a second?

"I would be really psyched for there to be this public outcry (...) And then we start working on it."

holy shit I can't believe he said that. "Get down on your knees and tell us you want it."

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed this, although I played with just friends when it came to this series I'm seriously diappointed in the way they've gone about this, that and no PC release which means no extra dosh, I'd expect them offering the same lame excuse, fuck em I guess.


They've got a very limited budget and are a small team. They picked the most profitable platforms for this game and good for them.  



Pretty stupid comment. There is no rockband on any new gen console therefore there is no rock band audience on any of the consoles. Devs and publishers should already start to fucking do their job. Whats that job you ask? Convince people to buy products. This is how business works. So stop being lazy. Nintendo gamers dont buy your games? Make them buy them! Morons lol

If third party would have had todays mindset 15 years ago (being lazy always going the way of the least resistance) then Microsoft would never have sold 100m consoles simply due to the fact that the was no xbox 15 years ago and third party would have thought "new console? Naah cant be bothered to do anything. We'll stick with Sony" They are just used to easy money now.



Bman54 said:
bigtakilla said:

You would probably be able to use those. I mean controler options for Wii U games seem to be very diverse.

Did you miss the part where Rock Band 4 isn't coming to Wii U?


No, I was just stating if it was.



Kerotan said:
 


They've got a very limited budget and are a small team. They picked the most profitable platforms for this game and good for them.  


I'm not really seeing myself saying good for them, I'm not really emotionally ecstatic that two platforms are excluded in order to bring back plastic instruments.



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.