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Nope and cod5 will probaly do at least 1 mill.



 

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Conduit is not a system seller.

COD Wii = 1 to 2 Million
Conduit = 600k to 800k



blackbird3216 said:

To the untrained eye, they seem similar...

 

 

 In this screenshot they look similar but I suspect they are highly modified to look similar...

Do you realize people put down games like FEAR and Orange box for ps3 because they have framerat issues? I doubt Wii could "fool" anyone with graphics, especially the COD fanbase...

With that said, if they play the game to wii's strenghts (controls) it could turn out to be a better experience overall. But after the COD4 success on ps360, I kind of doubt they are  putting too much effort in to the Wii version of this game.



Could someone please tell me how many players the wii version will allow in multiplayer modes? Will it be similar to the amount the PS3 had on PS3.

(I know I don't have a wii, but I know someone who does.)



The Conduit probably won't make a visible dent in system sales. It can't: the Wii is still selling out everywhere, and you can't sell consoles that don't exist.

Besides, a system-seller needs a strong brand behind it. The Conduit doesn't: as the only game in its franchise thus far, there has been no opportunity to build up the brand. FF1, while certainly popular, wasn't a system seller either, nor were GTA or Halo.



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disolitude said:
blackbird3216 said:

To the untrained eye, they seem similar...

 

 

 In this screenshot they look similar but I suspect they are highly modified to look similar...

Do you realize people put down games like FEAR and Orange box for ps3 because they have framerat issues? I doubt Wii could "fool" anyone with graphics, especially the COD fanbase...

With that said, if they play the game to wii's strenghts (controls) it could turn out to be a better experience overall. But after the COD4 success on ps360, I kind of doubt they are  putting too much effort in to the Wii version of this game.

 

These are not the same people who own Wii's for the most part. 

The people (which are a minority on PS3 as well) who complain about that stuff are just loud.  Also it didn't effect sales of those franchises.

The majority of Wii owners, families, may or may not be into either game.  I will go with not.  There's probably 5 million Nintendo Fanboys who wouldn't know a Game of the Year's name if it wasn't made by Nintendo.

That being said.

CoDWaW - 450k because WWII is old news.

Conduit - 700k Due to lots of positive internet buzz and good graphics, but still weak market for this type of game.

 

The sad thing is, Red Steel 2 will probably outsell both due to hype from the first one, being a still-fresh brand, and non-internet owners of the first game never being told that it sucked (you'd be surprised how many of these people there are).



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

If it gets a decent advertising campaign, I'd say the Conduit could move a few systems, or at least make a few naysayers want to buy one (even if they can't find it).

Since Call of Duty isn't a slapped-together blow job this time, and it has effort put into it--it looks nice, the controls look solid, and there is ACTUALLY multiplayer--it could do well. The Wii is hurting for a high-quality split-screen FPS.

1.5-2 million



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There's no way the Conduit will move systems. It's NOT the next HALO or anything but due to lack of any competition on Wii it should make High Voltage a nice profit. Probably 500k-750k

CoD5 will do better because of established brand and I believe CoD5 has split-screen mulitplayer which will still be popular with the Wii crowd who like to play together with familty/friends. About 750k-1m (far below 360/PS3 sales but still worthwhile)



 

disolitude said:

 

 In this screenshot they look similar but I suspect they are highly modified to look similar...

Do you realize people put down games like FEAR and Orange box for ps3 because they have framerat issues? I doubt Wii could "fool" anyone with graphics, especially the COD fanbase...

With that said, if they play the game to wii's strenghts (controls) it could turn out to be a better experience overall. But after the COD4 success on ps360, I kind of doubt they are  putting too much effort in to the Wii version of this game.

One thing to consider is how the processing power of the Wii matches up to the processing requirements of displaying an image at 480p ... In terms of polygonal and texture processing the Gamecube's peak performance was fairly close to the maximum that could be displayed when running at 30fps. We all know that the Wii is more powerful than the Gamecube which means that at (at least) 30fps you shouldn't be able to see the difference between the polygonal detail and texture detail of a Wii and XBox 360/PS3 game when they're both being displayed at 480p.

Shader processing power is another story, and the HD consoles should be able to create lighting and material effects which are far above what the Wii is able to do ... At the same time though if a game is running at 60fps at 720p (or higher) on the HD consoles they're probably not producing lighting or shading effects that can not be emulated (in some fashion) on the Wii.



Conduit is too hard to tell right now. Though it isn't a system seller. If Treyarch pulls off with making the Wii version on par or better(controls) than the others then I could see it doing 2mln. If worse then 1-1.5mln.