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EL_PATRAS on 06 February 2009

2009 will be a key year in the wii's life time.  It is already evident that the wii has won this gen sales wise.  Be this as it may, we are yet to see truly ground breaking, awe inspiring third party efforts.  In early 2009 wii owners are going to recieve more high quality third party games than they have in the 2 and a half years the console has been out (anybody who's reading this thread should know which games I'm refering to).  Will these games sell, or will they crash and burn like Boom Blox, Zack and Wiki and other such games?  And if they fail to sell, will it be the end of quality third party support for the wii, and Q3 and Q4 line up?  I personally think we are at a very important junction in the wii's life time right now.  Your thoughts.



                                                                           

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liquidninja on 06 February 2009

Love your Pirates DK sig!

No, I don't think it's make or break this year. With these economic times I think they will either succeed on the Wii or go out of business all together. Also, lets not forget that 3rd party Japanese publishers have already made Wii their main platform.



EL_PATRAS on 06 February 2009

@soriku: hopefully =P



                                                                           

MontanaHatchet on 06 February 2009

2008 2009 will be the year of the Wii.



 

 

Stever89 on 06 February 2009
EL_PATRAS said:

or will they crash and burn like Boom Blox, Zack and Wiki and other such games? 

 

Right... No More Heroes included in that?

 

But yes, 2009 is an important year for Wii and core efforts by 3rd party.



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famousringo on 06 February 2009

The Wii has already made it. It would take something really catastrophic to stop it at this point.



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MontanaHatchet on 06 February 2009
Soriku said:
MontanaHatchet said:

2008 2009 will be the year of the Wii.

 

But every year was the year of the Wii! :P

Same shtick, just different criteria.

 



 

 

Hyperion on 06 February 2009

Boom Blox did not crash and burn. It's getting a sequel for goodness' sake!



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EL_PATRAS on 06 February 2009
Stever89 said:
EL_PATRAS said:

or will they crash and burn like Boom Blox, Zack and Wiki and other such games? 

 

Right... No More Heroes included in that?

 

But yes, 2009 is an important year for Wii and core efforts by 3rd party.

 

 lol, I didn't want to mention it because I love that game, but yeah I guess...hehe



                                                                           

megaman79 on 06 February 2009

how much difference is there between ZW release, BB, de Blob and SW wii? A lifetime of difference, games are selling a lot faster now.



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