The problem for The Conduit is that its major audience will be shooter fans who don't have a 360 or PS3. And I really don't think too many of those people exist.

Hahaha, dude, Celicacrazed is right. Don't be so uptight its hard to sell hardcore games on the Wii. Its inarguable. Why so hurt?

And its true that yeah, the games do sell more with time, but because the majority of the Wii install base doesn't give a flying fuck about games like the Conduit, it won't sell and hasn't sold to great success.

I think Jim was kind of making a big deal about nothing. 72K for its opening weak is bad by any means. However, the story kind of makes it look like that's what it sold after a month.

For this first week the Conduit was out in North America, PAL regions still had not seen a release date. I think if you look at the end of July game sales it will be more telling of the first month's sales for the game.

The Conduit is not the best shooter I've ever played, but its a good one. I've been playing it for the past few weeks nearly every day and have been having a great time and there never is a shortage of people online, so the people who would want to play it do in fact exist.

@Lord the Night Knight
Have you picked a copy up yet. If so, any chance you would like to play together online? I would like to get Conduit players of Dtoid together. Some FNFs down the road would be great.

The Conduit has been the funniest "Wii fanboys strike back" episode I've seen in a very, very long time. It's like when Wii only owners got No More Heroes, and would talk shit to me about it, and I was like: are you seriously talking to me about action games? It's fun, but the action genre thrives on the PS3 and 360.

I've said my peace on The Conduit too often, but essentially, I gave it a chance, and I found it to be the most generic thing I've ever played in my life. It was more generic than Halo, which is saying something, minus the fun, no split screen, and a fraction of the online community.

My prediction is that The Conduit will plateua soon, and be declared a failure by everyone else but Nintendo, who will spin the situation by championing it as "finally delivering to the core audience, and revolutionizing IR controls". I also predict that The Grinder will do leaps and bounds better than The Conduit both critically and commercially, and a number of reviewers will overlook it's flaws because "it's Left 4 Dead for the Wii: which is awesome!". Hell, if House of the Dead Overkill can get good reviews, I'm sure The Grinder can.

Point being, Jim got snarky in the comments because The Conduit was built up as the be all end all of FPS games in general (not just the Wii), and was greeted by less than expected sales and a number of 4.0-6.5 reviews scores. Also, the Wii is the funniest (and easiest) console to rag on.

Wait, who was actually expecting it to be an end all be all hardcore game? It's just an FPS with motion control, which was a potentially fun idea.

Let's learn from the Joker. Why so serious?

It's hard for me to even pay attention to that shit anymore. It's a PR person's job to make their game sound like the second coming of Jesus, which is why I just ignore all of them. Take any game and any PR person and you'll have a show of someone shoving their head up their ass.

It's not a good idea to even pay attention to people like Reggie. Since when did Reggie know anything other than what he was told? He's Iwata's American lapdog, and I doubt he's one that Iwata's even very proud of.

@ LtNK

Dude, show me statistics that disprove my theory. You made a blog for the sole purpose of discussing The Conduit's sales, now "tear that apart". Don't just dismiss my opinion because it conflicts with your views.

Honestly, tell me who is going to buy this game? The vast majority of shooter fans with 360 or PS3 have no reason to buy this when we are already playing games such as Killzone, Warhawk, Halo, Gears of War, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty...the list goes on and on and on. Other than the gimmick of playing with a Wiimote, there is no feature that will pull a shooter fan away from these games for any significant time. No one wants to put up with the hassle of Friend Codes or the generic game modes or the fact that it's only 12-players online. A major reason why I bought Battlefield 1943 was for the sheer number of people on my Friends List who were playing the game while I have no clue who I know owns The Conduit already. Most of this isn't the game's fault as it all comes back to the limitations of the Wii. It just can't be helped.

Now that's not to say that a person heavy into CoD4 won't pick it up, but don't expect a mass exodus. You can't really compare this to MP3 as the Metroid series dates back about 20 years ago, with the Prime trilogy wrapping up on the Wii. Mario & Sonic at the Olympics had the benefit of not only using two extremely popular franchises but also being a mini-game compilation of sports. The game was destined for success. The Conduit is a mature new IP on a console marketed to a completely different demographic. Sega was playing the lottery picking this game up.

That is why I feel bad for the guys at High Voltage. They have a lot of passion for what they do but they're fishing for minnows. If you compare The Conduit to just Wii games than it's a stand out, mostly because it has no real competition. But it's impossible to look at the game while forgetting what's on the other two consoles. So don't expect the "legs" to pick up steam until this game is marked down to $20.

I played it. Shit be soggy in the middle. The sales figures indicate this. Also, comparing Conduit to MArio & Sonic made me laugh. Keep it up!

It's like, one of 3 hardcore games on the wii. It might not sell quickly, but it'll sell for a while.

The article isn't even about the game, if you read it.So acting like I'm upset because he knocked the game shows you either didn't read it, or just read it through the filter of presumptions.