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Galaki on 04 December 2009

Can someone summarize the OP in less than 10 words? I can't be bothered reading a wall of whining text.



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LordTheNightKnight on 04 December 2009
Galaki said:
Can someone summarize the OP in less than 10 words? I can't be bothered reading a wall of whining text.

They aren't giving up on the Wii. They actually got twice as much revenue on the system this year over the last. They have some solid sellers. He's disappointed in the sales of Madden and Dead Space, and does find the Wii market confusing from systems before, but they are going to keep trying.

Unlike Ubisoft, his words before were not out of context, just the conclusion of drawing back on the Wii was wrong.



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noname2200 on 04 December 2009
Galaki said:
Can someone summarize the OP in less than 10 words? I can't be bothered reading a wall of whining text.

Give it a read, it ain't what you think.



Mr Khan on 04 December 2009

Rather self-aggrandizing of him to consider Dead Space a "strong IP"



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Avinash_Tyagi on 04 December 2009

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Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

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dark_gh0st_b0y on 04 December 2009

the Dead Space people know is not on-rails, they don't even pay attention to what Wii owners think, how they f*** can they expect them to buy it?

Wii were all excited about it, until they said "on-rails" which Wii got a lot of them



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FreeTalkLive on 04 December 2009
Mr Khan said:

Rather self-aggrandizing of him to consider Dead Space a "strong IP"

I don't even think it is a strong IP.  It is a new IP that has been on PS3 and Xbox 360.



 

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Avinash_Tyagi on 04 December 2009

Its a pity these execs don't visit the forums and listen to actual Wii owners, maybe they'd actually learn a thing or two



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Kasz216 on 04 December 2009

Why is everyone getting upset when his comments basically say they're fairly happy... and they kicked a lot of ass... they were just hoping to kick MORE ass.



noname2200 on 04 December 2009
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
the Dead Space people know is not on-rails, they don't even pay attention to what Wii owners think, how they f*** can they expect them to buy it?

Wii were all excited about it, until they said "on-rails" which Wii got a lot of them

On the other hand, so many of those light gun games go on to be profitable. Both House of the Dead titles have done well so far, the same is true for Ghost Squad, Umbrella Chronicles nearly doubled expectations, etc. Even EA's own other light-gun game, Nerf-N-Strike, has done fantastically (as they allude to in this interview). And my guess is that Darkside Chronicles is going to do pretty well too. It just seems like Dead Space fell between the cracks.

 

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