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kingofwale said:
Okami,Wieftiful Joe: unique art-style that isn't popular with a lot of gamers

Bioshock (ps3): Do you really expect people to buy a year old port when there are other great games coming out for PS3 in this month?

Ninja Gaiden's: Sold just fine, would easily be a million seller if it were a multiplatform.

Nhl 09: Who the hell plays hockey in US? (and this is coming from a Canadian)

Yes.  Because when Okami and Scarface and Godfather and all the other PS2 ports (apart from RE4) didn't sell on the Wii HD fanboys used it as evidence that adult and/or 3rd party games don't sell on Nintendo consoles.  So on that basis if adult and/or 3rd party games can sell on PS3 there is no excuse for Bioshock not to sell well on PS3.

 



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RolStoppable said:
This problem is most apparent on the Wii? I don't think so.

I listed you 85+ games above that sold like ass on the wii...

Also consider that  -

Carnival games (56 on meta, sold over 2 mil)

Wii Play (58 on Meta, sold over 15 mil)

Mario Party 8 (62 on meta, sold 5 mil)

Mario and Sonic Olympics (67 on meta, sold over 5 million)

GameParty (25!!!! on metacritic, sold over 1.4 mil)

I'm not saying that wii doesn't sell games...as it sells the most out of all 3 systems. Also, it will sell good games as well as bad games... I'm just pointing out that wii sells software it wants to sell, reviews have no impact on it.

Where ps360 tend to sell games more based on reviews...Too Human would have sold much more had it gotten AA status...



disolitude said:
RolStoppable said:
This problem is most apparent on the Wii? I don't think so.

I listed you 85+ games above that sold like ass on the wii...

Also consider that  -

Carnival games (56 on meta, sold over 2 mil)

Wii Play (58 on Meta, sold over 15 mil)

Mario Party 8 (62 on meta, sold 5 mil)

Mario and Sonic Olympics (67 on meta, sold over 5 million)

GameParty (25!!!! on metacritic, sold over 1.4 mil)

I'm not saying that wii doesn't sell games...as it sells the most out of all 3 systems. Also, it will sell good games as well as bad games... I'm just pointing out that wii sells software it wants to sell, reviews have no impact on it.

Where ps360 tend to sell games more based on reviews...Too Human would have sold much more had it gotten AA status...

Well Wii's top sellers are any game that has WII or Mario on it.But we are not here to flame...Or maybe this deserves thread!

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disolitude said:
RolStoppable said:
This problem is most apparent on the Wii? I don't think so.

I listed you 85+ games above that sold like ass on the wii...

Also consider that -

Carnival games (56 on meta, sold over 2 mil)

Wii Play (58 on Meta, sold over 15 mil)

Mario Party 8 (62 on meta, sold 5 mil)

Mario and Sonic Olympics (67 on meta, sold over 5 million)

GameParty (25!!!! on metacritic, sold over 1.4 mil)

I'm not saying that wii doesn't sell games...as it sells the most out of all 3 systems. Also, it will sell good games as well as bad games... I'm just pointing out that wii sells software it wants to sell, reviews have no impact on it.

Where ps360 tend to sell games more based on reviews...Too Human would have sold much more had it gotten AA status...

 

and you don't even consider that revierwers are biased against wii and always give wii games lower score.



waron said:
disolitude said:
RolStoppable said:
This problem is most apparent on the Wii? I don't think so.

I listed you 85+ games above that sold like ass on the wii...

Also consider that -

Carnival games (56 on meta, sold over 2 mil)

Wii Play (58 on Meta, sold over 15 mil)

Mario Party 8 (62 on meta, sold 5 mil)

Mario and Sonic Olympics (67 on meta, sold over 5 million)

GameParty (25!!!! on metacritic, sold over 1.4 mil)

I'm not saying that wii doesn't sell games...as it sells the most out of all 3 systems. Also, it will sell good games as well as bad games... I'm just pointing out that wii sells software it wants to sell, reviews have no impact on it.

Where ps360 tend to sell games more based on reviews...Too Human would have sold much more had it gotten AA status...

 

and you don't even consider that revierwers are biased against wii and always give wii games lower score.

While this is possible...Out of those games I lsited, Idont see any games that were robbed by reviewers.

There may be others though i didnt list...like house of the dead...69 my ass :)

 



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waron said:
disolitude said:
RolStoppable said:
This problem is most apparent on the Wii? I don't think so.

I listed you 85+ games above that sold like ass on the wii...

Also consider that -

Carnival games (56 on meta, sold over 2 mil)

Wii Play (58 on Meta, sold over 15 mil)

Mario Party 8 (62 on meta, sold 5 mil)

Mario and Sonic Olympics (67 on meta, sold over 5 million)

GameParty (25!!!! on metacritic, sold over 1.4 mil)

I'm not saying that wii doesn't sell games...as it sells the most out of all 3 systems. Also, it will sell good games as well as bad games... I'm just pointing out that wii sells software it wants to sell, reviews have no impact on it.

Where ps360 tend to sell games more based on reviews...Too Human would have sold much more had it gotten AA status...

 

and you don't even consider that revierwers are biased against wii and always give wii games lower score.

 

i  doubt they are biased its more they are judging on criteria on which classic evolution of gaming is judged. this generation is a schism in gaming, and much like the catholic/eastern orthodox it has not been met with enthusiasm despite the fact that it has spread the love of gaming even further. 

to put it simply its just a new area, and it takes time for things to adjust.

though gameparty does suck and hard, i rented that for my sister and man that was terrible god what a horrid vile waste of plastic.. the people who developed it should be banned from producing games... its almost on the level of superman 64



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I'd say most people would buy games if they knew they were good but it's unfortunate that the most advertised games are the ones that will always sell better. And it makes sense... I mean if you don't know it's good then how are you supposed to buy it on that basis. And unfortunately our shitty review system rates the most hyped games with those great scores affecting the public into thinking they are doing this which is just awful.



waron said:
disolitude said:
RolStoppable said:
This problem is most apparent on the Wii? I don't think so.

I listed you 85+ games above that sold like ass on the wii...

Also consider that -

Carnival games (56 on meta, sold over 2 mil)

Wii Play (58 on Meta, sold over 15 mil)

Mario Party 8 (62 on meta, sold 5 mil)

Mario and Sonic Olympics (67 on meta, sold over 5 million)

GameParty (25!!!! on metacritic, sold over 1.4 mil)

I'm not saying that wii doesn't sell games...as it sells the most out of all 3 systems. Also, it will sell good games as well as bad games... I'm just pointing out that wii sells software it wants to sell, reviews have no impact on it.

Where ps360 tend to sell games more based on reviews...Too Human would have sold much more had it gotten AA status...

 

and you don't even consider that revierwers are biased against wii and always give wii games lower score.

 

Biased against Wii??? Multi-platform games that score lower on the Wii do so because they typically have poorly implemented control schemes, inferior graphics, and inferior online components. If anything, the critics are biased toward the Wii's exclusive offerings.



And how exactly are they biased towards Wii's offerings?



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Wii: 78 million
X360: 35 million
PS3: 27 million

Uncharted is a good example of when a good game sell well, without that much advertising