The Truth About Wii Sales

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#101 deactivated-5d560a230ad3c
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[QUOTE="CubeJL"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="CubeJL"]

It's really as simple as this: the Wii has absolutely nothing I'm intereted in playing. I'm sorry, I lied: SPM looks pretty cool. But I'm not willing to spend $300 to play it.

When the Wii is for real, I'll buy one.

Iyethar

Congratulations. You've realized that you're an individual with unique preferences. I'm sure this must be an exciting time for you.

Why so much hate? This isn't the gist of my post.

What hate?  I'm providing affirmation of your expression of autonomy.  What was the gist of your post, if not that? 

The gist of my post is simply that sales do not amount to much when one turns on his Wii.  That's it.  No hate. No anger. No angst. 

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#102 renger6002
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ok.... its just that the way the thread was presented was pretty harsh.

the 360 had some great games at launch, but you also have to realize that the Wii hasn't even been out for six months yet. The future lineup looks very promising. Everyone knows that the Wii doesn't have that many games yet, but that was because of devs being caught off guard.

If you look at you list, I seee 7-8 sports games that are routinely released every year and usually get AA. But we haven't even seen an announcement for a FIFA Wii yet! The lack of games is due to the devs trying to figure the Wii [remote] out.

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#103 MasterChumly
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XBLA

AA: 5

A: 20

VC

AA: 8

A:  24

So basically the VC is owning XBLA even though its only been available for a short time (Also theres a bunch of VC games that have yet to be reviewed).

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#104 deactivated-5d560a230ad3c
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ok.... its just that the way the thread was presented was pretty harsh.

the 360 had some great games at launch, but you also have to realize that the Wii hasn't even been out for six months yet. The future lineup looks very promising. Everyone knows that the Wii doesn't have that many games yet, but that was because of devs being caught off guard.

If you look at you list, I seee 7-8 sports games that are routinely released every year and usually get AA. But we haven't even seen an announcement for a FIFA Wii yet! The lack of games is due to the devs trying to figure the Wii [remote] out.

renger6002

Hey, I realize there are some very valid reasons why the Wii library isn't where many think it aught to be.  I think developers were "caught off guard", as you say, more by its success than figuring out how to implement the controller.

However, it's all really a wash.  The Wii's library is slim-pickin's right now, regardless of excuses / reasons.  I suppose seeing a little more humility on behalf of those touting Wii sales would be nice, if I had one request.  That's all.

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#105 deactivated-5d560a230ad3c
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XBLA

AA: 5

A: 20

VC

AA: 8

A:  24

So basically the VC is owning XBLA even though its only been available for a short time (Also theres a bunch of VC games that have yet to be reviewed).

MasterChumly

No, no, no.  The issue here is AA or higher.  Let's keep the rules in play.

8-5 isn't exactly ownage my friend.  How about AAAs?

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#106 Flamepheonix
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[QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="CubeJL"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="CubeJL"]

It's really as simple as this: the Wii has absolutely nothing I'm intereted in playing. I'm sorry, I lied: SPM looks pretty cool. But I'm not willing to spend $300 to play it.

When the Wii is for real, I'll buy one.

CubeJL

Congratulations. You've realized that you're an individual with unique preferences. I'm sure this must be an exciting time for you.

Why so much hate? This isn't the gist of my post.

What hate? I'm providing affirmation of your expression of autonomy. What was the gist of your post, if not that?

The gist of my post is simply that sales do not amount to much when one turns on his Wii. That's it. No hate. No anger. No angst.



That's partially true but your post is a bit flawed.

1) We need to look at timeframes here the 360 had a jump, so granted the libraries better so I dont think well get an accurate picture of which consoles get the better library till 08

2) Sales do amount the more games being made, have you look at the number of game annoucements on the wii lately?

3) As far as reviews go I dont think GS reviews are more valid than my opinion. When I am playing a game only my opinions matter.

That's it. No hate. No anger. No angst.
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#107 MasterChumly
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[QUOTE="MasterChumly"]

XBLA

AA: 5

A: 20

VC

AA: 8

A:  24

So basically the VC is owning XBLA even though its only been available for a short time (Also theres a bunch of VC games that have yet to be reviewed).

CubeJL

No, no, no.  The issue here is AA or higher.  Let's keep the rules in play.

8-5 isn't exactly ownage my friend.  How about AAAs?

DL's dont get AAA....The VC has the highest rated title right now though.

Also the VC has 8 AA's in 5 months

XBLA has 5 AA's over 1.5 years.

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#108 deactivated-5d560a230ad3c
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[QUOTE="CubeJL"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="CubeJL"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="CubeJL"]

It's really as simple as this: the Wii has absolutely nothing I'm intereted in playing. I'm sorry, I lied: SPM looks pretty cool. But I'm not willing to spend $300 to play it.

When the Wii is for real, I'll buy one.

Flamepheonix

Congratulations. You've realized that you're an individual with unique preferences. I'm sure this must be an exciting time for you.

Why so much hate? This isn't the gist of my post.

What hate? I'm providing affirmation of your expression of autonomy. What was the gist of your post, if not that?

The gist of my post is simply that sales do not amount to much when one turns on his Wii. That's it. No hate. No anger. No angst.



That's partially true but your post is a bit flawed.

1) We need to look at timeframes here the 360 had a jump, so granted the libraries better so I dont think well get an accurate picture of which consoles get the better library till 08

2) Sales do amount the more games being made, have you look at the number of game annoucements on the wii lately?

3) As far as reviews go I dont think GS reviews are more valid than my opinion. When I am playing a game only my opinions matter.

That's it. No hate. No anger. No angst.

Well, I can't very well refute you last point, but I can say that GS scores are the only standards by which we can compare the systems.  People put creedence in their scores because knowing, playing, understanding, and rating video games is their full-time profession.  They are the least-likely to be swayed by bias due to having access to all games, at any time.

That said, I agree with point 2.

Point 1, I did take timeframes into consideration here.  Though, if you ask my opinion, it doesn't matter.  No one is going to bother saying, "well the 360 might have more games, but it's not fair because they had a head start" at the cast regiser.  MS's head start was calculated, and they are reaping the benefits of their preemptive entry.

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#109 Flamepheonix
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[QUOTE="Flamepheonix"][QUOTE="CubeJL"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="CubeJL"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="CubeJL"]

It's really as simple as this: the Wii has absolutely nothing I'm intereted in playing. I'm sorry, I lied: SPM looks pretty cool. But I'm not willing to spend $300 to play it.

When the Wii is for real, I'll buy one.

CubeJL

Congratulations. You've realized that you're an individual with unique preferences. I'm sure this must be an exciting time for you.

Why so much hate? This isn't the gist of my post.

What hate? I'm providing affirmation of your expression of autonomy. What was the gist of your post, if not that?

The gist of my post is simply that sales do not amount to much when one turns on his Wii. That's it. No hate. No anger. No angst.



That's partially true but your post is a bit flawed.

1) We need to look at timeframes here the 360 had a jump, so granted the libraries better so I dont think well get an accurate picture of which consoles get the better library till 08

2) Sales do amount the more games being made, have you look at the number of game annoucements on the wii lately?

3) As far as reviews go I dont think GS reviews are more valid than my opinion. When I am playing a game only my opinions matter.

That's it. No hate. No anger. No angst.

Well, I can't very well refute you last point, but I can say that GS scores are the only standards by which we can compare the systems. People put creedence in their scores because knowing, playing, understanding, and rating video games is their full-time profession. They are the least-likely to be swayed by bias due to having access to all games, at any time.

That said, I agree with point 2.

Point 1, I did take timeframes into consideration here. Though, if you ask my opinion, it doesn't matter. No one is going to bother saying, "well the 360 might have more games, but it's not fair because they had a head start" at the cast regiser. MS's head start was calculated, and they are reaping the benefits of their preemptive entry.



True but its not like the Wii isnt reaping the benefits of taking longer to prepare their console ( and I do not hate the 360 just in case you were wondering, I just have a decent PC)
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CubeJL

Which Friday the 13th is that?  VII I think, right?

Jason X actually...
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#111 deactivated-5d560a230ad3c
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[QUOTE="CubeJL"][QUOTE="MasterChumly"]

XBLA

AA: 5

A: 20

VC

AA: 8

A:  24

So basically the VC is owning XBLA even though its only been available for a short time (Also theres a bunch of VC games that have yet to be reviewed).

MasterChumly

No, no, no.  The issue here is AA or higher.  Let's keep the rules in play.

8-5 isn't exactly ownage my friend.  How about AAAs?

DL's dont get AAA....The VC has the highest rated title right now though.

Also the VC has 8 AA's in 5 months

XBLA has 5 AA's over 1.5 years.

Awesome.  Thanks for putting those together.  Again, I don't think time has anything to do with it, but it appears that downloadable content on the Wii is of higher overall quality than XBLA.  Of course, that doesn't include the plethora of other content available on XBL, but I'll stick to the issue--games.

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ok.... its just that the way the thread was presented was pretty harsh.

the 360 had some great games at launch, but you also have to realize that the Wii hasn't even been out for six months yet. The future lineup looks very promising. Everyone knows that the Wii doesn't have that many games yet, but that was because of devs being caught off guard.

If you look at you list, I seee 7-8 sports games that are routinely released every year and usually get AA. But we haven't even seen an announcement for a FIFA Wii yet! The lack of games is due to the devs trying to figure the Wii [remote] out.

renger6002

Yeah.  I agree with your points about 3rd parties.  Their ears are standing on point with rrespect to the Wii.  It will be interesting to see what kind of creations come out of this repository of experience and innovation.

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#113 takisse
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[QUOTE="agentfred"]

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Try one of these next time...

Cooking Mama: Cook Off
Elebits
Excite Truck
Godfather: Blackhand
Madden 07 Wii
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Red Steel
Sonic and the Secret Rings
SSX Blur
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Paper Mario
Tramua Center: Second Opinion
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wii Play
Wii Sports

-RPGamer-

Your list fails becuase of the inclusion of excite truck, and red steel. Those games were awful, youre just trying to make your list look longer.

My question is: How in the hell was LoZ:TP not there on the list?

 

Zelda isn't t that good....