txrattlesnake said:
Joelcool7 said:
1226bph said:
So, its not going to hit the 3 to 7 million mark that the top exclusive fps on a console with an install base of over 50 million and a truely diverse audience of gamers would be expected to get?
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If your comparing it to Halo then no the Conduit will not reach that high level gamers expect. But how many FPS on PlayStation or PlayStation2 hit the 7-million mark? or even the 3 million mark? Not that many my best guess is The Conduit will sell between 1-2million units during its lifecycle. Far exceeding fan expectations or VGChartz own 300,000 estimate!
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Yeah, but if the goal of the blue ocean strategy is to take all of these non gamers and turn them into real gamers ( as was often said to be the case when the Wii was first released), then two and a half years into the Wii's lifespan when you have many of the system's better and higher-rated t and m games essentially tapping out at in the 1.5 to 2 million range while similar games on 360 and PS3 sell many more copies and Fitness and introductory Wii products continue to sell 10 million or more copies, then it seems like the Wii really isn't taking nongamers and turning them into real gamers (and the sales of games in other traditional genres also give some confirmation to this too - the sales of Marvelous games and the fact that the system's highest rated game and a big budget title from Nintendo Mario Galaxy's sales come nowhere near matching those for Wii Sports and Wii Fit).
Good posts Amp316 and psrock. Also, certain mods must not have some kind of unjustified biases against you as they do me because I don't see them banning you for just making accurate if somewhat hurtful to Wii fan's feelings because they are true statements like they often do me.
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You misunderstand.. Nintendo's mission with Wii was to make it so that even non-gamers would like to play it. They wanted to expand the audience of gaming. They've already achieved that with Wii Sports and Wii Fit. They never once said they wanted to turn non-gamers into 'casual gamers' and then into 'real gamer' like you stated.
They simply want more people playing games and if you don't see Wii Sports and Wii Fit as games then that's sad for you I guess.. Nintendo have wanted to make gaming more accessible to the mass market with both DS and Wii and they've succeeded so far. Also if you haven't noticed these 'non-gamers' are buying into Nintendo's franchise titles:
Super Smash Bros Brawl has sold more than Melee
Super Mario Galaxy has sold more than Sunshine
Mario Kart Wii has outsold ALL previous Mario Kart titles
That's three off the top of my head but I'm quite sure it's the same all the way through the Wii library