When compared to the sales of Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, Antoine stated that Resident Evil 4 on Wii had worked well, but he was released in June 2007, when the market had nothing to do! This year the Wii was very difficult with an oversupply, and a gamer market that has radically changed." He went on to compare the sales of broad-appeal titles like Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games to games like Madworld, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, and other titles that have sold poorly. "We note that the games called gamer games are selling less and less on the Nintendo console", Antoine explained. "Whether MadWorld, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, The House of the Dead: Overkill
scores were not extraordinary. Compared to 140,000 pieces sold Resident Evil 4 on Wii at the time, it is very far away. There is clearly a concern to this level.
Part of the problem regarding sales of Darkside Chronicles is that the game wasn't supported by French retailers, its 18+ rating preventing wider sales. "Unfortunately, this is a game rated 18 +. The advertising campaign was not visible at peak times by the general public, and thats what counts at this time of year."
When asked why Capcom hasn't supported the DS in France, Antoine replied that "Capcom has never been strong on DS". He continued that Capcom expected handheld gaming to see difficult times in 2010, explaining that "This will be a difficult year for the handheld in general, DS or PSP. We should see the rise of the PS3 and Xbox 360, with, hopefully, expansion of game styles, open to a wider audience".
Finally, Antoine expressed his sentiments about how the Monster Hunter franchise is performing in Europe. He admitted that while sales aren't as big as in Japan, there's an interest for the games, and that sales expectations are high for Monster Hunter 3 on Wii.
"Whether MadWorld, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, The House of the Dead: Overkill scores were not extraordinary. Compared to 140,000 pieces sold Resident Evil 4 on Wii at the time, it is very far away. There is clearly a concern to this level.I can answer Capcom French PR guy's concerns rather easily.
I wanted to make an HD joke, but it just won't work. This is all I could come up with.
We should see the rise of the PS3 and Xbox 360, with, hopefully, expansion of game styles, open to a wider audience, and hopefully no lay-offs
Uh, the only top-shelf games on that list are the Phoenix Wright games. The rest are mediocre to garbage.
Agreed. It doesn't help that Darkside wasn't as good as Umbrella Chronicles.
I hate it how fans are quick to say "Oh the game didn't sell because it sucked/it was an on-rails shooter etc.". First of all, quality means nothing here. Capcom, EA, Sega, ANY company could make a groundbreaking, stunning game with some of the best motion controls ever seen on the Wii and it would have likely flopped because the audience either doesn't care or doesn't know about it.
Also, I refuse to think that these mature games are mediocre, thus the main reason they didn't sell. They all received good to excellent reviews from the major gaming outlets. They did a lot considering the weak Wii hardware and tried to re-invent the genre they were working on.
About Wii gamers getting sick of on-rails shooters, then what is going on with the PS3 and 360 fanbase? They too get games that generalize their gaming tastes with constant FPS games that "appeal" to the fanbase, yet I don't hear anyone complaining nor sales dropping.
Uh, the only top-shelf games on that list are the Phoenix Wright games. The rest are mediocre to garbage.
It seems to me that Wii owners are now conditioned to wait a few months for the price to plummet before they buy.
But I'm certainly not going to spend $50 on A Boy & His Blob or Darkside Chronicles when I know I can pick them up for $20 to $30 a couple months after they release.
even though the established franchises are selling well on 360 and PS3, will the other games follow suit? Can these 'hardcore' keep Capcom alot with original IPs?
I just picked up A Boy & His Blob for $20, did you miss the sale?
This is the situation that I think third parties have created. For acore gamer the Wii is insufficient. So you have to buy another consoleand the Wii becomes a specialized item and thus only the bestexclusives (ie: Nintendo first party efforts) are really going to grabyour attention. You don't HAVE to put up with anything else so youdon't bother. The combo of consoles you have provides enough varietythat one need not bother with mediocrity.
Dead Rising and Lost Planet were both new Capcom IP's for this generation. How well they sold on those consoles would give you an idea. Both games are getting sequels so I'm assuming they sold okay.
But Dead Rising and Lost Planet both had huge multi-million dollar marketing campaigns as well.
I'd bet Sony's motion controller will probably end up like the Wii Motion Plus accessory, with one good game it comes packaged with and only a couple of mediocre games available, then maybe the promise of one high-profile game with a vague release date.Except for one thing: is it going to be as good as a WiiMote with the M+ attached to it? The Wiimote wasn't the most perfect motion controller in the beginning (Nintendo made M+ to rectify that...kind of), but is Sony's magic wand that perfect? Third parties will be jerk asses and ignore the Wii (our sad reality), but will it be good for them sales wise?
