Comments on: The Truth Behind Hardcore Wii Software Sales

By: Vivan Nazzal

Vivan Nazzal — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:35:05 +0000

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By: Mikhal5569

Mikhal5569 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:00:58 +0000

I bought and have owned all three titles listed above. I thought every game was good, but every game had some serious flaws. HOD Overkill was fun as all hell and my favorite of the three, but way too short to warrant the $50. I spent on it. Also, the games replay value was lost because the game became WAY too easy with the upgraded weapons. (shot gun anyone?) Madworld was a fun solid brawler. Once again too short and didn’t offer enough depth. The Conduit which I just picked up is probably the funnest fps shooter I have played to date, BUT hvs inexperience with fps shows greatly in the linear level design, AI, art choices, story, etc.
I hope this post doesn’t come off as too negative becuase I have a great time playing all sorts of games on my Wii. But, the truth of the matter is none of the “hardcore” games to come out for the Wii have truly been that great. I think the sales of the title’s are pretty accurate to their quality to be honest.
Harcore games will continue to sell better when developers put better games out for the system. With that being said, I have very high hopes for Red Steel 2.

By: IvIePhisto

IvIePhisto — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:22:57 +0000

I bought all of these games at full price early (and I got two of the HOTD Handcannons) as well as No More Heros which should be on this list, too – because I read trustworthy reviews and to make a statement. I enjoyed all of them, even though I didn’t finish MadWorld and NMH yet, but I come back to these from time to time. You could criticize each for something but I love each for some things.

By: jsslifelike

jsslifelike — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:23:40 +0000

@pikeir- One would think that with lower development costs, more cash would be readily available to be sunk into marketing. I can’t believe that the software in reference sold as well as it did.

@PossibleMisnomer- I can see where you’re coming from. Although VG can be a bit suspect, that clearly wasn’t the point of the article. I’m sure while they may not be entirely accurate, they may not be bad numbers as a starting point.

By: PossibleMisnomer

PossibleMisnomer — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:08:38 +0000

If you have to use VGChartz numbers to make a point, don’t bother making your point, because it instantly renders your argument moot. You might as well be turning to your co-worker and asking how many copies the games in question sold.

By: pikeir

pikeir — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:54:09 +0000

There’s seems like a conspiracy when it comes to 3rd party core games on Wii. There are alot of great titles being overlooked and Nintendo are being accused of being a casual focused company. I think as a core machine the Wii can and does deliver and even though its core games don’t sell multi millions you have to remember the PS3/360 spend millions in marketing to get those sales and they also put them in bundles to get more sales. So when it comes to the amount of money made off a game they about the same: HD costs and marketing for PS3/360 = Low cost dev and no marketing on Wii.

By: jsslifelike

jsslifelike — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:09:03 +0000

kidcntlose- do you own any other consoles? As an adult gamer myself, the Wii was my first console this gen. Then, about 1 1/2 years later I purchased a Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle PS3. I found that after that point, as we discussed on the cast this week, I didn’t play my Wii as much- well, except when wifey wants to. I believe that SOME developers do take Wii development seriously, just not all of them. I just can’t undersatnd why most games don’t even deserve to grace a PS2.

By: kidcntlose

kidcntlose — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:40:02 +0000

I bought Conduit and Madworld. Conduit was a day one buy at full price. I like that it was made for the Wii and didnt cut any corners. HVS gave the best tech effort in showing that the Wii has hardcore potential when devs take the development serious. MadWorld I bought on sale, mainly because I’m not into brawlers unless they have co-op online play now days. I will be purchasing HOD Overkill, but I have been spending my money on other games at the moment, (Conduit, GS Tennis, Excitebots, Overturn and some other WiiWare games) but I really only buy Sports, Racers, and FPS games. As am adult gamer I wish more companies would develope hardcore titles for Wii in the same regard as PS3/360 titles. The Wii after all does have the best gameplay of the Three.

By: jsslifelike

jsslifelike — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:27:29 +0000

I will have to admit, I haven’t turned mine on in a while, but I’m crazy like that- blindly supporting causes and all…

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:04:48 +0000

Wii is utter trash, there is absolutely no reason to own it. I’ll get my Mario on DS, thx.