wii sales – Fearless Gamer https://www.fearlessgamer.com Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:47:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Capcom’s Seux frustrated with Wii titles https://www.fearlessgamer.com/2010/01/06/capcoms-seux-frustrated-with-wii-titles/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:47:49 +0000 https://www.fearlessgamer.com/?p=981 Capcom's Antoine Seux.Capcom’s Antoine Seux, director general for the France region, is a little miffed at the Nintendo Wii. He’s staring down some terrible sales figures for what are typically high-margin games, games from the Resident Evil series, for instance. He’s particularly pissed that the Wii user base is so different, claiming that it has “radically changed” into this strange beast that’s no longer lured by core games.

It’s a ridiculous stance to take. The Wii was like a beacon of hope for the industry, the console that proved there is life (and LOTS of money) outside the core audience. Apparently that’s not what Seux wants. “The customer of [the Wii] has turned into something [of a] much broader audience. It is a disappointment,” he said to Gamekult, a french gaming site. Anyone else find it hard to take this guy seriously. A broader audience is…bad? More people buying your games is…bad?

Well it’s bad when that last part isn’t true, and Capcom hasn’t figured out how to make a game the Wii audience would like. So it’s going to neglect the platform. As Seux has it, Capcom’s future lies with the Xbox 360 and the PS3. I don’t know if he’s heard about those motion sensors the other two are getting that will broaden their customer base, but when he does, I’m sure he’ll be pissed.

Source: Spong

]]> Xbox 360 And PS3 Both Beat The Wii For Once https://www.fearlessgamer.com/2009/09/04/xbox-360-and-ps3-both-beat-the-wii-for-once/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:05:29 +0000 https://www.fearlessgamer.com/?p=344 VGChartz sales for the past week.It looks like the price cuts from both Microsoft and Sony had their intended effects last week. Both consoles, the Xbox 360 and PS3, outsold the Wii for the first time in a long time, thanks to a massive sales boost for both parties.

The story comes from vgchartz.com, which lists the sales figures for each console in the handy chart above. You’ll notice the huge week to week variance for the 360 and the PS3. The 360 bumped 32% while the PS3 rocketed up 103%. All three consoles crowded the 75,000 unit mark.

News wasn’t all bad for Nintendo, though. The DS still topped the charts by a long shot, selling almost 125,000 units. The Wii will likely continue to be outsold, as the price cuts (and the PS3 Slim) were just announced this past week.

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