Madworld is on it's way to outselling No More Heroes, which has a sequel coming out.

Development on the Wii and DS are low, so if they create games within a reasonable budget it's quite easy for them to make their money back.

I fail to see where they are lying. I mean, GTA: Chinatown Wars is what, maybe 60 megs worth of programming? Madworld is easily under 1 gig.

So when they say they are having their expectations met, I'm sure they are.

And also, all of these games are going to continue selling for a while. Maybe not "blockbuster" numbers each week, but they will continue.

Even more, Madworld is on its way to be the most sucessful game for Platinium/Clover

Okami

http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?name=okami&console=&region=All&developer=&publisher=&genre=&keyword=&boxart=Both&results=50&order=Hits

Viewtiful Joe

http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?&results=50&name=viewtiful&console=&keyword=&publisher=&genre=&order=Sales&boxart=Both&showdeleted=&region=All&alphasort=

God Hand

http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=868&region=All

WHYYYYYYYY??????

How many times, exaclty, does a Wii/DS game have to perform well, over the long term, for people to stop saying that every other game is a flop a few weeks after its release?

(Yes, this is a serious question so, please, despite that some of them are funny, no 'because the Internet says so' etc.--I'd genuinely like a rational answer from anyone that keeps hope (?!) alive that every Wii game is a flop...until it isn't...again.)

How are they lying? They say they are happy with something. Are you somehow going to prove that they're secretly unhappy? Are you going to break into their headquarters and copy their diaries into these forums for us?

hold the phone.... you associated lying with ONLY 3 Companies???

Not to mention claiming satisfaction isn't lying, your just "satisfied"

Like when I want sex from my wife, but only get a BJ I'm "satisfied", not Thrilled and amazed.. but "satisfied"

I need context lessons.

I'm not the one saying they are lying, I'm saying other people are.

ok

@exindguy

I keep wondering the exact same thing. Every single time a game doesnt sell 500k in its first week heaps of people say its a flop. Then a couple of months later when its sold a million, everyone seems to forget how slow it started, and move onto the next game that doesnt have a huge opening.

Why does this keep endlessly repeating??

i went to E3 in 2001 and SEGA's booth was strictly for execs and people who payed for the highest access i.d.'s the doors opened up to this bar w/lights and a sweet booth. I was upset that they didn't let the common folk in since i mean thats who their games are geared for. thats when I lost total respect for SEGA. i still think that they need to get their shit in gear. but honestly i think they are doing pretty good nowadays after the console biz is dead. but yeah, once a liar, always a liar.

I'm not a liar!