OK, it seems that before MadWorld was released, Wii-haters said that the game was going to suck, because it was on the Wii. Now when the game was released, the reviews came in, and the Wii-haters started to say "I wish this game was on PS3" and "This game would sell much better on PS3/360". My response was "It is never coming to PS3/360. Just wait for Bayonetta". Now the Wii-haters want this game, even though they thought it would suck. Here is my response.
I keep hearing people say, this would sell much better on PS3/360. My response is, especially when the NPD data came in is that Wii games sell much slower. Call of Duty World at War sold 40,000 in it's opening week (WORSE than MadWorld) and as of April sold 1 million. Seeing how that is 6 months, it proves that MadWorld will hit at least 1 million by September. The Wii has a hardcore audience:
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Game |
Sales |
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Resident Evil 4 |
1.55 million |
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles |
1.25 million |
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed |
1.22 million |
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Red Steel |
1.18 million |
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Call of Duty 3 (yes 3) |
1.15 million |
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Call of Duty: World at War |
1.09 million |
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House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return |
960,000 |
Gamesbeat caught up with Blackley to extract some wisdom about Microsoft’s journey in games, what he thinks Sharma should do, and where gaming can go next. Part of his message is hopeful, but Blackley sees a lot of peril on the road that Microsoft is following. And it makes him worry about the future of gaming.
Sarah Bond's "Xbox everywhere" strategy and controversial "This is an Xbox" campaign have been blamed for alienating Xbox employees and failing to deliver results, with multiple sources telling they're relieved by her departure.
This adds more clarity to the situation. She was in charge of marketing so I 100% do. Believe this was her. The fact that she pissed off a lot of ppl with this campaign was interesting. The kicker she kicked you out if you questioned her moves. Sounds like a Satya move to me.
Ok when it comes to the marketing of the Xbox maybe not get rid of where Xbox is at but advertise the console, bundle 1 month of GP and have "xbox everywhere" as a side thing or just a minor thing. It's too late for Series consoles but do this with their next console. If GP is 30$ this needs to justified ASAP put all of ABK. Remake remaster popular games and put those out on the service. Have a handful of AAA games come day one even. Perma exclusivety is dead however they can be timed. The would at least give ppl a somewhat of a reason to invest. Satya will not allow permanent exclusives again.
Do I still think Xbox is dead? Depends, how much will Satya not get involved and let Asha and Matt figure something out. The more I think about it, I think Satya only really gets involved if the financials aren't lookin so hot. I think Xbox going multiplat was a result of wanting make their money back from ABK and of course raise their unreasonable and near unrealistic margins.
Anyway, things did get interesting and adds nuance just how Xbox is ran.
I’ve read that article they put out on this and it just sounds like a massive hit piece on her. They’ve basically thrown her under the bus.
I highly doubt all of this was just her idea, especially the multiplatform stuff.
Ever since the Zenimax and Activision deal all eyes have been on the Xbox department. There’s no way she’d have acted alone with decisions as big as these, Phil Spencer and Satya Nadella would have been all over this aswell, especially with them both being higher than her.
When they brought her in I thought to myself she’d be used as a scape goat and here we are.
It’s the exact same thing they did when Don Mattrick left “oh it wasn’t our idea, it was all Don, our new leader Phil Spencer is a gamer and will turn things around”.
Exactly, they always have to pin it on someone. Everything was Don Mattrick's fault before. Now everything is Sarah Bond's fault.
People act like these companies don't have focus groups, board meetings, focus testing, etc for these ideas before they hit.
They'd rather blame her rather than the product they asked her to market. How else was she going to market playing your xbox games on any device? Has anyone stopped to think that the marketing was bad because the product itself was bad?
But I don't feel sorry for her, she knew the kind of people she was working with
Would it still be a hit piece if it was actually true? If she really was behind the whole everything is an xbox... then I say they took the chance and it didnt pay off. Most companies let people go over bad decisions like that.
That's just it darth72, it more than likely isn't the truth because we know she didn't have control over everything at Xbox. That would be Phil Spencer, who has Don Mattrick's old position.
And to be fair, even he can't be blamed for everything since it's highly unlikely all this goes on without Nadella's blessing at some point
While I am sure she played a key role in “everything is an Xbox” it is still a hit piece. We can’t forget that Phil was in charge and at the very least gave it his blessing.
this was definitely Not her own idea.
phil and others had their grubby hands all over it.
i never particularly liked her cause she so lived in delulu land, but i guess she did what she could, given in the bad state xbox was and still is
Gamers are going to be reminiscing, over the "this is an Xbox" glory days once we get Xbox Copilot powered by AI and "the power of the AI" crap they'll be trying to shove down our throats.
So going multiplat was her idea or the marketing was the issue? If it's the latter, who cares if it was her idea or not. The decision to go multiplat is the core issue not the marketing. The marketing I guess kept it from being a "mystery" on whether or not a game was exclusive or not.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard returns the series to its horror roots, and on the Nintendo Switch 2, you can take those frights everywhere.
The game would best be served as a PSN/XBLA title. It's a lot of fun and excitement at first, but it gets boring quickly. Luckily, it's so short that you barely notice how bored you are before the end of the game. Your list is absolutely NO proof that MadWorld will break a million sales by September (lol), but it IS possible. Is barely breaking a million sales THAT impressive on the console with the largest install base, though? The best game on your list was easily Resident Evil 4, and that game should've have sold at LEAST 3 million. There is a hardcore audience that owns Wiis, but they are definitely the minority.
Well I think part of the problem is that the massive install base is slightly infalted and the people who complain about the lack of hardcore games are the ones that sold their Wii and then complain that games lke Madworld are Wii-exclusive.
It all comes down to a sense of entitlement which it seems a lot of hardcore gamers have. Devs/Pubs have little to no obligation to gamers and they can put games on whatever system they want.
Because its completely brutal. The Wii controls make the game, so if Madworld turned up on PS3/360, it'll have to be a whole new entry in the franchise and maybe have additional graphic effects over the black and white, because you just KNOW people are going to complain about a black and white next gen game.
Great game though. Hope for the future of the sideway beat 'em up.
It's a good game...why limit it to just one console when it can easily be on all 3. This is what I dont get what do developers gain from exclusivity??? Thats less money for them isnt it?? When ff13 was announced for the 360 I wasnt dissapointed at all, and Im a ps3 guy. This whole exclusive stuff is ridiculous. Its basically created fan-boyism. The only reason a game should be exclusive is if its only possible on a specific console. Other than that share the love you retarded developers.
Firstly, Madworld is not a great game... its an ok game. The gameplay is repetative and meh, the character models are blah, game modes are lacking and controls are not responsive. Not many PS3/360 gamers are interested honestly. Secondly, the game failed. Get over it. Like most hardcore games fail on Wii. Selling 1 million copies on a system with a 60 million install base is no big accomplishment. When Gears came out, 360 had a 10 million install base. Gears sold 5 million... see the difference. The only successful Wii games have either 'Mario' or 'Wii' in the title. No mas Nintendo, no mas.