Nintendo Expects The Conduit, GTA Chinatown Wars To Sell Well

Despite some signs of trouble earlier this year, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku why third-parties have a bright future on Wii and DS.

The company that's been riding high on its own Wii and DS successes has recently had some trouble convincing people that marquee games from publishers other than Nintendo can do well on Nintendo's machines.

[qface64]

i have a feeling conduit will sell well actually

as for chinatown wars that's gonna sell well but it is gonna take a long while

[Myst]

I can see the conduit doing well and depending on the amount of money I have left over from my pre-order on Dissidia I may very well buy it. GTA Chinatown Wars...well...no thank you.

[RememberThe357]

I just don't see these games as being what the Wii or DS owners want.

Hopefully I'm wrong, but I don't think we're going to see impressive numbers.

[G4drake]

chinatown is already selling well as for the conduit, well IT WILL SELL WELL.

[jay2]

Conduit will be the first times I've played the wii since late last year. I was going to get madworld but I played it and didn't.

[Smacktard]

If you're going to play only a few games on your Wii, why not play the fantastic, interesting ones? I'm getting The Conduit, but it's just gonna be average. Buy a good game instead, like Little King's Story, Punch-Out!!, or Muramasa.

[dogmeat eater]

Its got average reviews.

[Smacktard]

If you think that review scores matter much, especially average ones, then you're crazy.

[SinnedNogara]

So 50 Cent 1 sold only 100,000 units??

And a 8.0 is a terrible score????

[G4drake]

ah so you prefer other opinions than your own?

[CobraKai]

I also doubt it's gonna sell well, but not because of reviews. Mario&Sonic at the Olympics was trash covered garbage and got the scores to prove it but it sold millions. The conduit isn't gonna sell well because most people who own a Wii aren't this type of gamer.

[Mahr]

"Mario&Sonic at the Olympics was trash covered garbage and got the scores to prove it"

Since when do scores have anything to do with whether a game is a good or not?

[CobraKai]

My point was in reference to #6's comment about the correlation between review scores and game sales. If you have to know, review scores typically give people a GENERAL idea of what to expect out of a game. Obviously opinions differ but if there is a game out there that gets low scores, it got them for a reason. After playing Mario & Sonic for a weekend, I stick by my comment that it is trash covered garbage.

[Mahr]

"If you have to know, review scores typically give people a GENERAL idea of what to expect out of a game. Obviously opinions differ but if there is a game out there that gets low scores, it got them for a reason"

By that logic, if a game gets high scores, it got them for a reason. Mario & Sonic received both low and high scores. If you believe in places like Metacritic or Gamerankings, this results in a merely 'average' score.

"After playing Mario & Sonic for a weekend, I stick by my comment that it is trash covered garbage."

As is certainly your right, but if most other people shared that opinion, then for example, shouldn't its Metacritic score ("67-mixed or average") be lower?

[CobraKai]

Do you like this game or something? it's cool if you do, it's your opinion. Your metacritic score is actually accurate. I think it stinks there are others that found enjoyment out of it giving it the mixed reviews.

Can U give an example of a fantastic game that got bad scores? To prove your point

[Mahr]

"Do you like this game or something?"

Not particularly, no. I thought it was rather mediocre, personally. I don't think that has any bearing on what other people think of the game, though.

"Can U give an example of a fantastic game that got bad scores? To prove your point"

As in, a game that *I* thought was fantastic that got bad scores? Well, one of my favorite games of the last generation was a PS2 game called God Hand. If I recall correctly, IGN gave it a 3/10 for example.

For comparison purposes, IGN recently gave Imagine: Party Babies a 7.5 out of 10.

[phantomexe]

picked up wii speak today just for the conduit on the 23rd.I can't wait to play it.I wasn't about to pick it up for anmail crossing but for the conduit o yeah.

[N4g_null]

It's going to spread watch. I ecpect a few to jump in early and then bring their friend over and kick their A$$. The funny thing is I think more adults may be playing this game simply because you can talk and play also. Their will be a few hooks that HVS can use to keep this game going. I just can not wait to see what the final product will play like.

[Gr81]

Will breeze past a million units. But more importantly I'm excited to play some of you chumps online! I'll be picking you guys off like a surgeon in Trauma Center.

[phantomexe]

your on man

[Suga Shane]

You got it Bro! SUGA[MXS] will be my in-game name as it is on CoD:WaW.....Team MXS

[akashifire]

It sucks though how it's delayed here in Australia :\