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TalkBack / RE:Resident Evil 4 Wii: 750k Served
« on: September 01, 2007, 08:26:36 AM »Quote
Originally posted by: thatguy
Explanation: The Playstation 2 version ruined it for the Gamecube. Why play an incomplete game now when you can wait six months or so for the full thing at the same -or better- price? You wouldn't. That's why I never bought the Cube RE4. I knew there was more coming. Then, by the time the PS2 version was released, I had pretty much decided I wouldn't be buying any more PS2 games in protest to the way Sony had treated their competitors and the industry in general, killing the DC with lies and all. Then, early last year, I realized that we'd be seeing a lot of expanded versions of previous games with better controls on the Wii, so I figured this would be one that would get re-released.
I think several people see this now, and think Okami will be released for the Wii, as well. However, what most people don't realize is that at least the management of Capcom is full of idiots, as decreed in their company policy, so it's hard to say if Capcom will actually do smart things. It's really pretty unlikely, IMO. I just hope I'm wrong.
I don't agree entirely with your reasoning, but I think that's a big one. The PS2 Version hurt sales, but was it a more complete game? I remember the additions, and I honestly thought they were pretty crappy additions, not to mention the graphics were astounding on the GC version, and significantly less on the PS2 version. But I think the main reason RE4 is selling ( in the future that is) better on the Wii then the GC is because the Wii is a much more popular system (sadly... I only say because I loved the GC and love all the games I own on it... I sold the crappy ones). If you have this console still selling out at locations, AND there being a lack of quality single player games, people will go to the solid action title of RE4 for 30 bucks. Metroid Prime Corruption I hope will change this, as will other games... We're all waiting for Smash, admit it.
