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Forums - Sales Discussion - Capcom: Zack and Wiki sold only 126,000 units

I wouldn't be surprised if in 2013 we will still see some random Capcom guy complain about the sales of a Wii game released in 2007.



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as much as i love capcom games, the game is overrated. Bought the game, beat it, then sold it. Nothing special, but the game sold pretty good for a point a click game.



Ari_Gold said:
as much as i love capcom games, the game is overrated. Bought the game, beat it, then sold it. Nothing special, but the game sold pretty good for a point a click game.

SHHHH! Don't spill the beans yet. Force them to hire you at a ridiculous salary so that you can point out the disgustingly obvious for them. It is the only way they will learn.



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Someone needs to tell these execs that 'highest rated' doesn't equate to 'popular' or 'good'. Next thing you know he's going to start whining about Okami.



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120k isn't so bad. Plenty of Capcom's PS2 games didn't hit that benchmark.



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11ht11 said:

"But Chris Kramer, Capcom senior director of communications and community, said even though "it was one of the highest-rated Wii games and was beloved by the media, it sold abysmally -- about 120,000 units in 26 months -- for no apparent reason."

 

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4237/thirdparty_publishers_react_to_.php

 

vgchartz has it at 380,000 units

 

also my mistake its 120 not 126

I would say virtually zero advertising for the game is a pretty apparent reason.



I got this game a week ago. It is sooooo good! Sorry that it sold so few copies. It's the perfect Wii game and it's visually stunning, to boot. I never expected a Wii game to make me say "Whoa!"


If the game had any kind of press, it would have sold better. Capcom can blame nobody but themselves. As for the discrepancy between the VGChartz totals and the official number.......

*shrugs shoulders*



Poor bomb

If only they re-did it for WiiWare or other digital services....

If only Nintendo had the drive to put a nice hard drive on the Wiis and allow for full games, we could see some of the lesser-purchased games get a second life.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

3rd party needs too abandon the Wii. Sad but true... We see this soooo many times. Just abandon the Wii and let Nintendo take care of themselves. How many successful (and good) 3rd party games are there on the Wii? MH3? Help me out here !



Metallicube said:
11ht11 said:

"But Chris Kramer, Capcom senior director of communications and community, said even though "it was one of the highest-rated Wii games and was beloved by the media, it sold abysmally -- about 120,000 units in 26 months -- for no apparent reason."

 

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4237/thirdparty_publishers_react_to_.php

 

vgchartz has it at 380,000 units

 

also my mistake its 120 not 126

I would say virtually zero advertising for the game is a pretty apparent reason.

I've never once seen an ad for this game.  Who is going to buy something they don't even know exists?

I'd also make the assumption that a lot of the gamers that are new to consoles would like it, considering how well puzzle games do on computers.



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