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ZenfoldorVGI on 17 June 2008

I know Boom Blox is great and all, lol, but comeon sarcastic gamer. It's a block puzzle game and you're complaining about Zelda? Lets not kid ourselves about its sales potential. It wouldn't even be an issue, except crap games like Game Party sell like hotcakes. It probably has great boxart. That's the price you pay with casual gamers who don't read IGN reviews.

Lesson? Make better boxart.



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leo-j on 17 June 2008
konnichiwa said:
Also check his new Wii fit parody (I loved the first one).

Wii fat parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDe7MPPZYgE&eurl=http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2008/06/why-gamers-hate-on-the-wii.html

 

 What in the? It doesnt seem funny.



 

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Brainslug on 17 June 2008

I'm with TalonMan and Tehsage $50 is alot for a puzzle game - kinda like EA got greedy (or Spielburg's royalties are huge) - Anyway, that's why I was putting off buying it.

Bought it the second I saw it on sale for $39.99 at EB Games in Canada 2 weeks ago.



couchmonkey on 17 June 2008

You could write this exact same post about dozens of underappreciated games from the past, for example:
- Beyond Good and Evil
- Wetrix
- Psychonauts
- Space Station Silicon Valley

The fact is, sometimes good games don't sell. It's not Wii's fault.



konnichiwa on 17 June 2008
yushire said:
konnichiwa said:
Also check his new Wii fit parody (I loved the first one).

Wii fat parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDe7MPPZYgE&eurl=http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2008/06/why-gamers-hate-on-the-wii.html
Whats that got to do with the topic? I still like the first one better though, this parody only wants to bash Wii Fit for the sake of it...

 

 

Well click on the link of the OP and you see that vid also belongs to sarcasticgamer I am just not sure if it belongs also to the article;.

 






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The Ghost of RubangB on 17 June 2008

Compare a 3rd party game on the Wii to a 1st party game on the Wii.
Damn, that game got owned by Nintendo!

Compare a 3rd party game on any other system to a 1st party game on the Wii.
Damn, that game got owned by Nintendo!

Compare a 1st party game on any other system to a 1st party game on the Wii.
Damn, that game got owned by Nintendo!

I have detected a pattern here, so we can stop posting about every 3rd party game that doesn't outsell Wii Fit, which has the highest advertising budget of any Nintendo game ever.



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HappySqurriel on 17 June 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Compare a 3rd party game on the Wii to a 1st party game on the Wii.
Damn, that game got owned by Nintendo!

Compare a 3rd party game on any other system to a 1st party game on the Wii.
Damn, that game got owned by Nintendo!

Compare a 1st party game on any other system to a 1st party game on the Wii.
Damn, that game got owned by Nintendo!

I have detected a pattern here, so we can stop posting about every 3rd party game that doesn't outsell Wii Fit, which has the highest advertising budget of any Nintendo game ever.

What bugs me about most of these threads is that people who are so negative about a Wii game are never around 6 months later when it has sold to the high end of where most realistic expectations for the game were ...

 



johnsobas on 17 June 2008

you've can't just judge on 1 months sales, we've seen wii games continue to sell for ages. I remember people claiming sonic and the secret rings bombed, but in the end it was one of the huge success stories of the wii. People claimed that Boogie was a big bomba, but it has sold 350k in NA alone and its still selling, the europe number probably matches that.



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yushire on 17 June 2008
johnsobas said:
you've can't just judge on 1 months sales, we've seen wii games continue to sell for ages. I remember people claiming sonic and the secret rings bombed, but in the end it was one of the huge success stories of the wii. People claimed that Boogie was a big bomba, but it has sold 350k in NA alone and its still selling, the europe number probably matches that.
LOL I remember that, I even remember that someone here post a thread about that on this site. Months later and a sequel later no one discuss Boogie anymore... Anyway, I'll bookmark this thread and the other thread I created the analyst one for few laughs months later when Boom Blox sold well...

 



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg

yushire on 17 June 2008
konnichiwa said:
yushire said:
konnichiwa said:
Also check his new Wii fit parody (I loved the first one).

Wii fat parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDe7MPPZYgE&eurl=http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2008/06/why-gamers-hate-on-the-wii.html
Whats that got to do with the topic? I still like the first one better though, this parody only wants to bash Wii Fit for the sake of it...

 

 

Well click on the link of the OP and you see that vid also belongs to sarcasticgamer I am just not sure if it belongs also to the article;.

 

 

SORRY... But no, SERIOUSLY... whats that video got to do with what we're discussing here. We're talking about Boom Blox not sarcastic gamer.



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg