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senseinobaka on 15 January 2010

I think this is lazy journalism. The thought process is Third Party software not selling is a problem and the Wii (an inanimate object) or nintendo is the cause. Its easy to place blame incorrectly because it requires no thought, investigation, and rational/critical thinking - all things that make a good journalist.

Instead of looking for a band-aid for their news coverage...they should ask things:
"What is nintendo doing that third-parties are not"
"What does the Wii audience really like" HINT not on-rail shooters
"What can/should third parties do to be successful on the wii"



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psrock on 15 January 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:
"Wii software flew off the shelves, proving that Wii games sell ... as long as they're published by Nintendo."

It's the word "sell". As in simply selling the games. As in they're drawing the conclusion of selling games at all just from that list.

It's not pointing out the flying off the shelves part, because the final part of the sentence would come after that, not the other part.

See what is setting some of us off, stof?

Again, it's not like they are making this up, it's the truth. Stop looking for things that are not there. Nintendo games sell a lot, almaost crazy amount. This might be the most stupidest argument I have ever seen.



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vaio on 15 January 2010

Nintendo games sell because Nintendo has their A teams working on games, 3rd party dont sell because they have their C teams making games for the Wii when are the media going to get that?



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nordlead on 15 January 2010
MonstaMack said:
Well It's true. Look at the best 09 sellers that aren't Nintendo.

1 - Monster Hunter Tri (Only out in Japan so far) - 1 million
2 - Guitar Hero 5 910k
3 - Toy Story Mania 730k
4 - Tiger "RAWR" Woods 730kish
5 -Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010 - 720k
6- Disney Sing It: Pop Hits 720k
7- Just Dance 690k
8- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition 670k
9- Guitar Hero: Metallica 620k
10- Fifa Soccer 10 600k

So outside of Monster Hunter Tri nothing hit for a million in 09 for releases. Though to be fair Tigers Woods 10 outsold It's 360 and PS3 counterparts, as did Guitar Hero 5 and Cabela's Big Game Hunter (by upwards of 600k. That's huge).

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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Sega 12 2,747,497 2,747,497
9
EA Sports Active
EA Sports 33 2,539,442 2,539,442
15
The Beatles: Rock Band
MTV Games 17 1,234,725 1,234,725

So, 4 titles hit 1m. Not a lot, but hey, Nintendo actually makes good games.

 




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killeryoshis on 15 January 2010
psrock said:
How do you troll the truth ?


no its not the truth. If it was than most 3rd party games wouldn't sell much.  They said it flys off shelves if they are made by
nintendo. Basicly he is saying only nintendo games can sell. Which is a lie. That's what we are argueing about. Not the fact
that they said titles that were made by nintendo only flew off the shelves. That is a fact.



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psrock on 15 January 2010
killeryoshis said:
psrock said:
How do you troll the truth ?


no its not the truth. If it was than most 3rd party games wouldn't sell much.  They said it flys off shelves if they are made by
nintendo. Basicly he is saying only nintendo games can sell. Which is a lie. That's what we are argueing about. Not the fact
that they said titles that were made by nintendo only flew off the shelves. That is a fact.

He said only Nintendo games fly off the shelves, based on numbers ( facts ), yes it's the truth. I'm sure Nintendo has no problem with the situation. 

 



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Demotruk on 15 January 2010

What are you talking about psrock, Wii sells more third party software than any other console. How is it the truth?



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LordTheNightKnight on 15 January 2010

No, he wrote "proving that Wii games sell ... as long as they're published by Nintendo."



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milkyjoe on 15 January 2010
c0rd said:
Naum said:
Why don't we ever see something like this??

PS360 software flew off the shelves, proving that PS360 games sell ... as long as they're published by 3rd parties.

Problem is, that isn't really a bad thing. I'd say a better one would be something like

PS360 software flew off the shelves, proving that PS360 games sell... as long as they're shooters.

It gives the implication that only shooters sell, which I imagine is insulting to the fans of HD consoles. This statement is about as true as Joystiq's.

If you look at the top 10 in the latest NPD, the shooter thing is just as true as the comment about Nintendo. Only one is mentioned.



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NJ5 on 15 January 2010

Another true sentence (at least as true as the one Joystiq wrote):

Wii software is good... as long as it's made by Nintendo.

I suspect they wouldn't write that one as eagerly though.




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