I think this is the first time I've read a developer speak how it really is about the Wii. Maybe the gaming press will listen to him?

I think he meant titles that are aimed at the Core audience, as opposed to titles aimed at the expanded one.

If a game aimed at the Core is crap it will fail, because you are relying on people who know what they are buying. I'll read impressions, watch game footage,and check out reviews from sources I trust before making my decision to invest my money in a title. Someone else that just wants something fun might walk into a Gamestop and drop their money on something with cool boxart, or something a friend recommended to them passingly.

Also you need to look at marketing and hype built up around titles. Games that are marketed and talked about sell better. For the Wii, the Conduit has spent the last 3 weeks in the Amazon top 100 and while its still a little early...it appears to be selling well. However, Madworld on the other hand didn't do so well at all. However, I enjoy both games and think they're good. Maybe less hype/marketing. Maybe it was that reviewers told people to rent it. Maybe it was people like me that lent their copy to friends for the weekend so they could beat it. Perhaps its the M rating vs. the T. Okami is amazing and it sales were less than stellar. Platinum/Clover games have never really sold "well" though.

Killer 7 is one of my favourite games of the last generation, but despite being multiplatform and receiving a lot of praise it hasn't sold well either. Of course, it is bat shit crazy.

I like how he throws Resident Evil and Call of Duty out there though...like it was in question whether or not they would sell well. It's new IPs that are of more concern. I would be shocked if a RE or CoD game tanked.

@kaocrat: Yes. Now move on; nothing to see here.

Make a crappy game $10 and people will buy more then if it was priced @ $40 hense those burger king games, I bought one of them and it was the bike one and it was pure shit.

FistfulOAwesome, your post was full of so much garbled rubbish I can't begin to debunk it. Bravo sir.

PS, I've played Carnival Games and sorry but it was a broken crappy mess. I'm sorry but using your own example RE4 is a much better game and yet sold less. And sorry but to call Madworld pretentious is hilarious.

M rated games don't need an X-factor, they need actual content beyond blood and someone fuck a lot.

i played carnival games and it is uber garbage.
To think of it gametrailers reviewed that game and gave it 7.4 at the time.
since then i dont trust there reviews anymore.

@FistfulOAwesome

Carnival Games aside, all your credibility went out the window when you said Okami and Madworld were bad games.

bummer! somebody already posted "XXX" factor ;)

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