What a surprise. You get a genuinely original and fun looking title on the Wii and it sells like sh*t. Destructoid opinion of Excitebots: Trick Racing has been overwhelmingly positive, so it should be no shocker that the poor game has only managed to scrape 13,000 sales across the US. For a game that has Super Sandwiches in it, that's more than sad. That's a God damned tragedy.
Excitebots had everything going for it. It followed on from the considerably popular Excite Truck, it had plenty of kid-friendly appeal, and you could play as a robotic praying mantis. Those are three huge signals of success, but unfortunately the game has spluttered in the starting grid.
I'm beginning to think the general public just as an aversion to anything that isn't crap. It's as if videogames, music and TV shows require a minimum amount of garbage in order to be embraced by the masses. The Wii is slowly looking like a dead zone for quality games, through no fault of Nintendo or game developers. The mainstream mediocres want trash, and trash is all they'll get.
Poor Excitebots.
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1:00 PM on 05.15.2009
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98% of Wii owners don't care about anything more than the damn game it came with.
Now I need to buy it regardless.
If you wonder why the game has poor sales...its because Mario Kart Wii is the dominate cartoonish racing title on the wii. Why would a person pick this up if Mario Kart is sitting right next to it.
I think I'll pick this game up in celebration for finishing finals.
Side note: I just noticed last night that my Wii won't power on, the red light on the front isn't on when the system is off. Maybe the recent storm that went through here a few days ago knocked it out, even though its plugged into the same surge protector strip that my PS3 and 360 are plugged into and both of those are fine. I unplugged it and plugged it back in to no avail. Even though I haven't turned it on in months I'm hoping its just a bad power supply as I would like to play games on it in the future without having to buy another Wii console.
The game is awesome.
This is a ridiculous statement. You're so butt hurt that casual games sell that you're willing to overlook great titles? This effects gaming as a whole, Sony can only relish in their billion dollar loss for so long before they decide to pull a PS3 Fit.
It really is a shame.
This game really hasn't had any marketing at all; regular consumers have probably never even heard of it. C'mon Nintendo, get a commercial out there with Lisa Kudrow or Beyonce or somebody playing Excitebots! I swear, you'll see the sales hit a million copies.
That could be said about Modern Warfare 2, or many other anticipated games.
Ah well. Punch Out will sell out on Monday, so there's that.
O___O
Port that shit to XBLA. Hell, even PSN.
Honestly, this is exactly what I'm starting to think, too. If it's on the Wii and it isn't full of poorly-made minigames, no one wants it, despite how good it may be.
So far, the list consists of Punch-Out!!
actually its probably more due to the fact that I've got 20 to 30 good games in my collection of PS2, Gamecube and Xbox 360 games that I could care less about shoveling through the crap to find a nugget of gold in the wii lineup. Not one game that has been pushed by the media, blogs or nintendo of America that I've played has been any better than anything else I can find on another console for cheaper. Not No More Heroes, not Super Smash Bros Brawl, not Mad World, nothing except for Zack and Wiki has lived up to the hype and that's only because it does what the Wii was supposed to do. I find that people now are more surprised by the fun that the wii can bring instead of the actual quality of the games. Thus we're left with Excitebots which isn't revolutionary in any way getting a post because the game is not crap and selling like it is.
That's why "I don't pay attention to anything wii anymore...regardless of quality." Because the hype of the system has worn off and the games that are coming and have come failed to live up to the praise.
I'm not trying to be pessimistic because I do hope Klonoa's sales are good, but I just haven't seen anything from the Nintendo side of things that truly excites me. Except for the DS...tons of top quality games on there.
Wouldn't that be like buying a Snickers bar instead of a Milky Way because it weighs more, so obviously its a better buy?
It looks neat, silly, and kind of creative though.
I look forward to seeing the Punch-Out numbers as I'm SUPER interested in that one.
If it wasn't because of you it would have been just 12,999
If you're saying that just because the Milky Way has less substance than the cheaper Snickers that I should still consider the Milky Way then no...I would take the Snickers.
If you're implying that there is a meaningless difference between the two candy bars (IE the weight of the bar itself), then I would have to stop and compare the other features like calories, ingredients, sugar count then I'll just go with the candy bar that has less waggle.
And it's been said several times, but I'll say it again for emphasis: Games that aren't advertised don't sell. It's that simple. This game got NO media attention anywhere, so nobody knew about it and thus nobody bought it. If they had advertised the game like Halo or GTA or Mario was advertised, the game would have gotten some sales.
You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
Call of Duty is actually GOOD.
An upgrade to crap is only a little better than crap.