I disagree.

Many great games have flopped sales-wise due to a lack of advertising, or being niche... On ALL platforms.

They did it was called Xblades /gg

I would say that the sales of a game were never hurt by being good.

I second this.

By the way... captain obvious is wrong. Not all good games sells well... overall Wii games.

Also, good marketing never hurts.
It's very rare that you'll get a game that combines these two that isn't niche on the Wii.

I think we're on the same page here.  I realize it'll be lucky to hit 600k ltd ww I'm just disappointed by that reality because like HoTD, Marvel Vs Capcom was a huge hit in arcades and I'd like to think all those casual people that played MvsC in the arcades would run out and get this.   I suspect if Capcom released the original Marvel vs Capcom (1&2) on Wii for $30 it'd outsell TvsC because people would remember the fun they had in the arcades and buy it - cheap.     TvsC falls into much the same boat as HoTD:O compared to Hotd 2&3, it has the known IP but isn't the same game as people remember and it's sales won't be as great because of it.

Which is too bad, because by all accounts it's every bit as fun.   Who knows, maybe word of mouth will give this game looooong legs but we didn't see that in Japan.

MVC2 did okay, better than TatsuCap probably will, but it wasn't a blockbuster.  Hell, it was most likely under 600k WW itself on PS2.

Such wiser words have never been spoken, with ya all the way. and not just this gen, last gen to.

While I would love for that statement to be true, it simply isn't.
There are many many phenomenal games that have sold very poorly or aren't even sold at all
(free but unknown of)

Actually I would change it to say "If you advertise anything enough, people will buy it"
Seriously people, marketing has such a powerful influence over every choice and decision that we make in life.... it is disgusting to be honest but this is commercialism for better or worse ;)

Do yourself a favor and try some games that you would never have tried with an open heart. The games that you never really gave a shot and just listened to one 'game journalists' opinion and then formed yours around that...... you might surprise yourself sometimes :)

sorry for the rant

But when other developers are claiming nothing can sell on the Wii, what is the threshold?  I mean, companies like EA, Capcom and Ubisoft are claiming their profit margins are failing, yet they have million sellers on the Wii?  Where exactly do you draw the line?  5 million?  10 Million?  Their games on the HD consoles aren't even coming close to those numbers either, yet the Wii is getting blamed for their financial problems?

Frankly, I think when a Wii game sells over 50,000 copies in its first week, its doing pretty good.  Especially since Wii games 1) Hardly get advertised (if at all) 2) Are proven to have good legs and 3) Are more likely to see sales spikes over the long run than an HD game (which are more front-loaded and rely on heavy advertising....which Wii games usually don't get).