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9. Sonic & the Black Knight - The fact that this game has earned a 3.9 on IGN is proof enough that this game is already a failure of a game. Because as we all know, IGN is the master of unlocking reviews, even if they didn't actually finish the game when they thought they did. It's alright though, the review has already been discussed to death by people who will never actually play the game.



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Awesome thread. Love ya Rol :P



I see you point, but it can be argued that out of that 8, 3 could be more successful on the HD consoles. Deadly Creatures(I would buy), COD:WaW and No more Heroes could have done better salles wise. 0.39 for a game like No more heroes? Is an insult when even Haze and Lair got bigger sales with a smaller userbase.



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^ Other games by the same developer on an even BIGGER userbase (PS2) sold even LESS. So ... no.



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I see you point, but it can be argued that out of that 8, 3 could be more successful on the HD consoles. Deadly Creatures(I would buy), COD:WaW and No more Heroes could have done better salles wise. 0.39 for a game like No more heroes? Is an insult when even Haze and Lair got bigger sales with a smaller userbase.

 Tell that to Killer 7 and Okami. Large instal base and good gameplay do not guarantee sales.



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"Informing people that a game exists can really work wonders".

That is a GENIUS idea!!

Hey, could these be a reason why some 3rd party games haven't done so well?      Maybe Wii owners do buy games, but they just haven't had much of an opportunity!!!

 

With less sarcasm, this reason really seems to get ignored.

 

 



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The way ROI makes a new thread criticizing Wii third party support every week one would think he's not happy with his console...



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

RolStoppable said:
Ail said:
The way ROI makes a new thread criticizing Wii third party support every week one would think he's not happy with his console...

Interesting theory. What do you think about people who make threads about third party failures on the Wii and suggest that third parties generally should make their games elsewhere, because there's a single example of a game that didn't do well?

 

My view is simple .

At the time most of you purchase the Wii, were there many third party titles announced or in the work for the Wii ?

Answer I would wager is nope.

So why exactly are you surprised those titles are not there ?

Buying a product in the hope that in the future it will get stuff it doesn't have now, even if that stuff seems to be common sense is never a good idea...

And if that is not the underlying issue, why do we have to get a few new threads every week criticizing Wii third party support?

 

Edit : last two sentences meant the same thing so removed one

 

PS : That's not saying I don't understand the anger of some Wii owner but common sense does dictate you should purchase a product on what it does or what is announced it will do, not on what 'might be announced in the future'.



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

Ail said:
RolStoppable said:
Ail said:
The way ROI makes a new thread criticizing Wii third party support every week one would think he's not happy with his console...
Interesting theory. What do you think about people who make threads about third party failures on the Wii and suggest that third parties generally should make their games elsewhere, because there's a single example of a game that didn't do well?
My view is simple.
At the time most of you purchase the Wii, were there many third party titles announced or in the work for the Wii?  Answer I would wager is nope.
So why exactly are you surprised those titles are not there?
Buying a product in the hope that in the future it will get stuff it doesn't have now, even if that stuff seems to be common sense is never a good idea...
And if that is not the underlying issue, why do we have to get a few new threads every week criticizing Wii third party support?
And if I am wrong and people are generally happy with third party Wii support, why so many threads criticizing third parties?

First off, I don't think this answered his question at all. 

Second, the bolded part:  When did you buy your PS3?  Would you still have bought it even if you knew for a fact that it would never get another game, ever, beyond what was already released?  Not to mention Blu-ray movies. 



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Yeah, right, Deadly creatures and NMH woulda done better on an HD console..So what? Banjo nuts and bolts along with Lair woulda done better on Wii? I doubt NMH had it been on an HD console would been a big enough hit to support a sequel.



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