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Boutros on 03 August 2009
Khuutra said:
Boutros said:
Khuutra said:
Boutros said:
Khuutra said:

Okay. So.... this is the precedent you're going to use. Expectations determines what is a flop and what isn't - which would make Wii Music one of the more profitable flops of all time.

Well...what makes you think it was that profitable. The publicity for the game was huge.

You're asking me if I think Wii Music was profitable. Wii Music, which sold 2.58 million copies.

I mean, yeah, I'll just take a blind shot in the dark here and guess that Wii Music's production values translate into it being profitable at 2.58 million copies sold, advertising or no.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. Advertising really was huge. Wii Music is the only game commercial I ever saw this gen where I live.

And it was not only a sales flop but also a critically acclaimed flop.

You are in Canada. Either you never watch any TV or.... no I'm jsut going to say you never watch any TV.

Critics haven't gotten the whole Wii movement from the beginning, and again, it is not a flop if it is profitable. We have no reason to think it wasn't profitable and every reason to think it was.

I'm indeed living in Canada but I'm also living in the province of Québec. We speak french over there so very few companies decides to make ads in french. That got to mean something in terms of publicity budget.



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Boutros on 03 August 2009
noname2200 said:
Boutros said:

And it was not only a sales flop but also a critically acclaimed flop.

Can you think of any other Wii _____ titles that fit this bill?

sguy78 said:
This title doesn't tell the true story.

 But it did get you to click! I like to call it the IGN-style of forum-thread creation.

Oups I didn't meant critically acclaimed...I meant that the game received a mixed critical reception.



aavidbacon on 03 August 2009

The thing about Wii music is that hey expected it to help carry wii sales, like MK wii and wii fit did. The fact is that the titles released at the Holidays wer not enough, based on this statement, to mantain what they expected at HW sales. Remeber that they (Ninty) profit on the hw too, so for them is important to sell not only sw but hw too. Of course 2,5 mln is good alone, but I think they were expecting more from it. After all, they just got a bunch of heavy sellers(8mln+), and then wii music and ACrossing. Besides, IP have a strategic purpose besides profit.



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O-D-C on 03 August 2009

title is misleading, he never says Wii Music was bad, just dident perform well



Naum on 03 August 2009

Funny Wii Music a flop with almost 3 million in sales but a game that seels at most 500k with 4X the budget of Wii music is considered a success...

Dood to know...



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forest-spirit on 03 August 2009

Iwata is an honest man. I respect that. I hope they try to figure out why those titles failed to sell and uses the experience when making future titles.



Boutros on 03 August 2009
Naum said:
Funny Wii Music a flop with almost 3 million in sales but a game that seels at most 500k with 4X the budget of Wii music is considered a success...

Dood to know...

So what's the budget of Wii Music?



SnesTea on 03 August 2009

Wii Music was still more original than all these fucking Guitar Hero games they keep releasing every year.



noname2200 on 03 August 2009
forest-spirit said:
Iwata is an honest man. I respect that. I hope they try to figure out why those titles failed to sell and uses the experience when making future titles.

It makes it harder to mock him though, which kind of sucks.



Boutros on 03 August 2009
Snesboy said:
Wii Music was still more original than all these fucking Guitar Hero games they keep releasing every year.

Original doesn't mean good.