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TruckOSaurus on 18 June 2009
Zlejedi said:
Alic0004 said:
MANUELF said:
I'm starting to get worried about the Wii.

From what I hear, the Wii doesn't need your concern.

Sports Resort, Monster Hunter 3, Crystal Chronicles, New Super Mario Bros...

It could be outselling the HD competition worldwide in Japan alone once it gets warmed up...

Oh wow and i though people are hyping Sony games to the roof :)

Monster Hunter 3 will sell maybe 500k in Japan and will not give more than 20-30k hardware boost for a week or two.

Crystal Chronicles - i don't see much hype for this so it certainly won't have impact of main new parts of FF, it won't even get close to more famous spinoffs like FF X-2 but it's hard to say if it will have good or bad sales - last FF game on Wii was less than stellar.

 

Sports resort will be big but it's not going to get many new players - if you liked motion controls you already have Wii if you don't 1:1 controls throwing frisbee is not going to make you spend $300 (Wii+WSR).

Of those only Mario can give significant hardware boost but as game from DS it won't pull Galaxy numbers.

I'm confused by your last statement. Are you saying that because the franchise began on DS it will somehow sell less? Or are you under the false impression that NSMBW is port of the DS game?



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Zlejedi on 18 June 2009
TruckOSaurus said:
Zlejedi said:
Alic0004 said:
MANUELF said:
I'm starting to get worried about the Wii.

From what I hear, the Wii doesn't need your concern.

Sports Resort, Monster Hunter 3, Crystal Chronicles, New Super Mario Bros...

It could be outselling the HD competition worldwide in Japan alone once it gets warmed up...

Oh wow and i though people are hyping Sony games to the roof :)

Monster Hunter 3 will sell maybe 500k in Japan and will not give more than 20-30k hardware boost for a week or two.

Crystal Chronicles - i don't see much hype for this so it certainly won't have impact of main new parts of FF, it won't even get close to more famous spinoffs like FF X-2 but it's hard to say if it will have good or bad sales - last FF game on Wii was less than stellar.

 

Sports resort will be big but it's not going to get many new players - if you liked motion controls you already have Wii if you don't 1:1 controls throwing frisbee is not going to make you spend $300 (Wii+WSR).

Of those only Mario can give significant hardware boost but as game from DS it won't pull Galaxy numbers.

I'm confused by your last statement. Are you saying that because the franchise began on DS it will somehow sell less? Or are you under the false impression that NSMBW is port of the DS game?


I'm under the false impression.

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saicho on 18 June 2009
Zlejedi said:
Alic0004 said:
MANUELF said:
I'm starting to get worried about the Wii.

From what I hear, the Wii doesn't need your concern.

Sports Resort, Monster Hunter 3, Crystal Chronicles, New Super Mario Bros...

It could be outselling the HD competition worldwide in Japan alone once it gets warmed up...

Oh wow and i though people are hyping Sony games to the roof :)

Monster Hunter 3 will sell maybe 500k in Japan and will not give more than 20-30k hardware boost for a week or two.

Crystal Chronicles - i don't see much hype for this so it certainly won't have impact of main new parts of FF, it won't even get close to more famous spinoffs like FF X-2 but it's hard to say if it will have good or bad sales - last FF game on Wii was less than stellar.

 

Sports resort will be big but it's not going to get many new players - if you liked motion controls you already have Wii if you don't 1:1 controls throwing frisbee is not going to make you spend $300 (Wii+WSR).

Of those only Mario can give significant hardware boost but as game from DS it won't pull Galaxy numbers.

wanna do another bet?



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Ail on 18 June 2009
appolose said:
The Wii just needs some decent software (which is coming up soon).

EA Sports Active selling 800k units in 3 weeks isn't decent ?



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

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

kylohk on 18 June 2009

^Not only that, but decent software that "clicks" with the masses. I don't know how they marketed the game in the US, but judging by the Wii sales there, the marketers must have failed to make a big enough impact to drag the undecided in.



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chamelean75 on 18 June 2009

Wii just keeps on dropping.



dolemit3 on 18 June 2009
chamelean75 said:
Wii just keeps on dropping.

The bubble is slowly deflating, that's all.



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jlauro on 18 June 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
jlauro said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
jlauro said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Zlejedi said:
jlauro said:
Squilliam said:

It was the combination of wii fit + BB that did it.  Without the balance board, wii fit would not have sold nearly as well, and certainly wouldn't be selling consoles without the hardware anywhere near as much...  Hardware alone will not sell consoles, but hardware + software can, even more than software alone can.  Another example is DDR, which sold a lot of PS2s (although now it's for every console), not to mention guitar hero....

I think Tiger woods with M+ has the potential to, way more than Tiger woods without M+...

No you're putting too much emphasis on the board, if they had been able to implement Wii fit without the board it would have sold just as well and would have been pushing systems, people get Wii fit, for the exercises and for the training help, the balance board is only important as a way to give those experience, but its the gameplay that attracts people, not a flat piece of plastic

No, you greatly are underestimating the importance of the board.  The PS2 had a similar game that did not have a boad.  It's sales were poor...



peachbuggy on 18 June 2009

@ Zledji. I would say your predictions are only slightly more likely than Avanish-Tyagi's.



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Zlejedi on 19 June 2009
saicho said:
Zlejedi said:
Alic0004 said:
MANUELF said:
I'm starting to get worried about the Wii.

From what I hear, the Wii doesn't need your concern.

Sports Resort, Monster Hunter 3, Crystal Chronicles, New Super Mario Bros...

It could be outselling the HD competition worldwide in Japan alone once it gets warmed up...

Oh wow and i though people are hyping Sony games to the roof :)

Monster Hunter 3 will sell maybe 500k in Japan and will not give more than 20-30k hardware boost for a week or two.

Crystal Chronicles - i don't see much hype for this so it certainly won't have impact of main new parts of FF, it won't even get close to more famous spinoffs like FF X-2 but it's hard to say if it will have good or bad sales - last FF game on Wii was less than stellar.

 

Sports resort will be big but it's not going to get many new players - if you liked motion controls you already have Wii if you don't 1:1 controls throwing frisbee is not going to make you spend $300 (Wii+WSR).

Of those only Mario can give significant hardware boost but as game from DS it won't pull Galaxy numbers.

wanna do another bet?


What's your prediction then ?



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