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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Capcom: Making hardcore games for Wii is an obvious risk. M games dont sell

Arius Dion on 13 May 2009

And this too shall pass. Its obvious nonsense being spout here, with facts to prove it. Funny the people who agree are the same people who thought the Wii would fail in the first palce.

Games sell on Wii period, hell wasn't there something that showed Wii sold the MOST games? If you build it they will come. The installed base is so large that hittin 1-2% or it is a healthy profit.

Get this all out of your systems now, because once the flood hits, Wii bingo is going to get very thin. Probably only be able to spell out "IN" or "GO".



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trestres on 13 May 2009
Arius Dion said:
And this too shall pass. Its obvious nonsense being spout here, with facts to prove it. Funny the people who agree are the same people who thought the Wii would fail in the first palce.

Games sell on Wii period, hell wasn't there something that showed Wii sold the MOST games? If you build it they will come. The installed base is so large that hittin 1-2% or it is a healthy profit.

Get this all out of your systems now, because once the flood hits, Wii bingo is going to get very thin. Probably only be able to spell out "IN" or "GO".

 

Lol good one xD



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lapsed_gamer on 13 May 2009
TheSource said:

M ratings are not equal to "hardcore games".

Most movies with R ratings perform worse than movies with PG or PG 13 ratings. Same is true with videogames - most games with T or E ratings generally outperform A rating games.

So unless you've got an Assassin's Creed, GTA, or a Call of Duty level property which can justify multiple sequels on its hit appeal in that competitive market, its the M rated games which are risky for everyone not making the sure-fire hits, not the other games.

The market for 18-35 year old men who fantasize about lust and destruction but are afraid to leave their living rooms is over saturated and highly competitive, so Nintendo has largely left it for Microsoft and Sony to battle over.

This is what I was thinking when I entered this thread. Pity it was so ignored.

 



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Undying on 13 May 2009
Chrizum said:
Capcom sucks.

 




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Ajax on 13 May 2009
trestres said:

Terrible Capcom, I won't be buying your crap anymore if you continue to open your mouth to spout shit about the Wii and flat out lie.

 

Who are you talking to?
You think Capcom is reading your posts on vgchartz?

 

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Lolcislaw on 13 May 2009

How many M games did capcom develop for Wii? RE 4 and UC sold pretty well so i dont really see their reasoning.



metalmonstar on 13 May 2009

Argue all you want. He did say "recent" but then again software is generally down everywhere. So any game made is at risk.

The thing I want to say is that no one within the industry should be making such statements. It is bad publicity. Statements like that only cause anger amongst fans and gives haters more reason to hate. Looking over the thread you can already see the negative impact. He shoot his company in the foot. I hope he gets reprimanded for it. That is certainly not how you handle things.



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LordTheNightKnight on 13 May 2009
Lolcislaw said:
How many M games did capcom develop for Wii? RE 4 and UC sold pretty well so i dont really see their reasoning.

 

It's not "their" reasoning. It's one guy. Capcom knows those games sold well. That's why they have a follow up to UC, for one thing.



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scottie on 13 May 2009

Meh, they can say what they want. The fact is, they are taking these 'obvious risks' by bringing out all the awesome games they are/have done. And so far these risks are doing well for them



Destroyer_of_knights on 13 May 2009

YAY Capcom, love these guys, their pumping out so many games.