Third-party Wii games not doing well in Japan, says Suda 51 |
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Recently, Wii software sales numbers from third-party companies aren't turning out quite well, despite the soaring console sales for the Wii console. So when Goichi Suda said that "only Nintendo titles are doing well," he's got numbers to back up his claim. Impressive review scores for his Wii action title No More Heroes
did not help much in getting the interest of most Japanese gamers. Suda 51 said:Whilst the sales weren't as high as I hoped, other titles for Wii aren't selling so well either. Only Nintendo titles are doing well. This isn't just because of the current situation in Japan, as this is happening outside Japan.
Those who are following Wii software sales charts may notice that even big name third-party software publishers such as Square Enix, Namco Bandai, and Capcom are trailing behind Nintendo's titles.Nintendo leads with a comfortable 8 million game copies sold while the closest competitor is only at the 658,000 unit mark.
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Because I guarantee once Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, etc comes out on Wii, they will sell millions of copies easily.
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The whole profitable issue: it goes without saying that there are games that might not have ever been released at all if it wasn't cheaper to make it on the Wii. This issue is for better or for worse in those cases. It's a lot worse to produce a game for the 360 or PS3 and have a flop, since it costs a lot more to make a game on each system.
About the last part of what you say, I don't even understand how you could say that and believe it. What actions or steps do you believe Nintendo has taken to undermine third party success (in the area of sales)? Honestly...what is behind your reasoning here?
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Second party developers that make games exclusive to a system but don't have a tie to the main company example bungie before they left microsoft to be a third party.
Third party developers are those big companies that make games for a first party but have the option to make it exclusive or multi systems such as Capcom ,Konami, Namco Bandai, Sega , and many more .
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Nope didn't think so
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Trauma Center: Second Opinion + New Blood
Medal of Honor Heroes 2
Nights: Journey of Dreams
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Rayman Raving Rabbits (1 + 2)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 + 3
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
MLB Power Pros
No More Heroes (I'm positive this will be good)
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Good enough?
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3rd parties seriously need to step up on making QUALITY games on the Wii, then maybe their sales will rival Nintendo's games, although there are some quality 3rd party titles already. I'm hoping this will change either near the end of '08 or sometime in '09.
Till then, cry some more, Suda51, cry some more...
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The problem is that No More Heroes doesn't suck. Famitsu gave it a 9. In the UK so far it's got an average score of 9.2. Imagine working a masterpiece of a game for a year or two and no one buying it.
The problem is with the Japanese mindset, same reason they don't by XBOX360's because they are scared to buy stuff that is different or new. I work for them, trust me on that.
How about this, when Monster Hunter comes out it will beat Super Mario Galaxy in sales in Japan. Japanese people love Monster Hunter, almost to the point of stupidity.
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