Capcom: Less Wii After Darkside Chronicles Sells Only 16k

Spong: Looks like everyone's New Year Resolution is to avoid the Wii. The Director General of Capcom France, Antoine Seux, has suggested that the opportunity for 'hardcore' games has dried up following disappointing sales of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. This comes as Seux announces that the company will be focusing more on PS3 and Xbox 360 development.

[nogolis]

Can't say Capcom didn't give them the benifit of the doubt, though. Hell, they pushed for Resident Evil to be on Nintendo systems for how many years now?

Nintendo just needs to go back to the way they were in the 80's, making developers sign stiff agreements and bullying them around so they couldn't make the same game on other systems like they did to Sega. Nintendo, while enjoying great hardware sales and 1st party sales, is out for themselves and nobody else. They've hurt the industry this generation and I think more and more developers/publishers are starting to see that now.

[Blasphemy]

Thing is alot of developers just refuse to develop for Wii now so I doubt Nintendo can go back to being a bully. Being a bully is easy when your console has the number one software sales for third party developers but when their games fail to sale you will take whatever you can get.

It seems like Nintendo is the only real winner on their consoles.

[nogolis]

Well, I did have some sarcasm in there. The thing that amazed me about the nes era was how great it was at the time, and it still is don't get me wrong, but when you read up on the story and how they forced the developers into agreements and exclusivity and how if they made a game for another system it had to be completely different than the one they made. Sometimes even naming it differently. They even tried to carry that business model over to the Snes with a lesser measure of success.

[Noctis Aftermath]

Wait, so capcom were making MH3 for the PS3 but then change their minds and went with the wii? sigh.

[edhe]

Well done nintendo, you've not only alienated all the core gamers that you fed on your teet but now the major publishers' core brands.

Nice.

[cyberwaffles]

ain't that a b*tch? after playing DS (which i have logged in about 15 hours in the two days i've owned the game) i can see why everyone would want MH on the ps3. just imagine if DS went to the Wii? *shutters*

[maniacmayhem]

If Capcom committed to a full fledge game worthy of RE4 which was amazing on Gamecube they would see the sales they were looking for.

It amazes me that companies make less than stellar games on top of them being rail shooters for the Wii then are surprised that it didn't sell.

[darthv72]

this guy is from capcom france. how much pull do you think he really has over the parent company?

[SilentNegotiator]

And it hardly sells 16K? That is SAD. The Wii takes yet another hit for hardcore gamers, as Capcom will drift away from it.

Maybe Capcom will smarten up and release Monster Hunter on the PS3 and or 360.

[Saaking]

3rd parties seem to be starting to abandon the Wii. In the long run, this isn't very good for Nintendo is it? Anyways, when is MH Tri releasing in NA?

[SilentNegotiator]

....so long as they make what's probably over $100 of profit per console (Reported costs were merely $160 in 2006) and sell a billion copies of any game with the name "Mario" or "Wii" in the title.

[SpoonyRedMage]

@Saaking: They're actually not though... not yet at least. Both this guy and the guy from SEGA have no influence over where the titles go. Capcom definitely isn't either, they're actually getting Nintendo to publish Monster Hunter in Europe, if Nintendo manages to make it successful it makes this guy(among others) look like an idiot for not properly supporting titles... the guy complains that you actually have to adveritse for christ's sake!

That to me, is what is most annoying about it... the actual guys who make the decisions haven't said anything, when they do, that's when there is an issue.

[DigitalHorror81]

Nintendo is going to alienate every doggone developer they've got until they have no one left. I wouldn't bet the farm on Nintendo if I were a Stock-market guy. They're going to crash if they keep going this route. I think Capcom did the Resident Evil on Wii because it's less cost in regard to the Wii being the inferior (At least graphically) system. But they will be much better taken care of if they move from the Wii to the 360/PS3.

[Mini Mario]

But would a on-rails shooter really sell that much better on the other platforms. Would any sony or 360 owner like it any better than a wii owner. I mean did Time Crisis 4 sell?

I love arcade on rails shooters, and i havent bought DC yet. But i have HOD overkill

[sikbeta]

You think Nintendo cares about, by looking at the best seller games on the wii (wii-fit, unbelievable), probably no, but this really affects in the long run, at least at the Nintendo user base

[N4g_null]

Man trolls are working hard here. What games are made in France other than shovel ware? Come on next time get a statment from capcom japan on this matter. You know the place that actualy makes good wii games.

If it is true then I say lol I got what I wanted! Monsterhunter tri and tvsc along with another mega man.

[Pika-pie]

The wii has been dead to hardcore gamers for a while.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

This doesn't make any sense. Umbrella Chronicles sold over a million in its lifetime. Why the weak sales for the sequel?

[Guido]

None of this comes as a surprise to me. The Wii is simply good for Nintendo and nothing/nobody else. Third party development has always struggled on Nintendo systems but now the Wii has shown us that they are all but dead on the newest of ninty systems.

[ButterToast]

who the hell actually thought a rail shooter would sell on any console? the only place a rail shooter belongs is in the arcade. if capcom tried making a real resident evil game on the wii it would have sold.

[tunaks1]

umbrella chronicles was ok, this was better but not necessary, i want a game closer to RE:4 Wii, please don't give me an RE5 port, i've played that already and I never want to again.

[akashifire]

Exactly! What did they expect with another rail shooter?

[Anorexorcist]

It was a great game. No real advancements from the structure that was introduced in RE4, but damnit it was far from a bad game.

It was the first RE to introduce co-op and the first I believe to have online play, so those must count for something. The new inventory system management was better than RE4 since weapons and items could be hot-keyed onto the digital pad (no going back and forth to the suitcase menu like in RE4.) and it wasn't so unbelievably unintuitive like so many people claimed. RE5 is a great game.

Don't tell me all the ridiculous "racial-undertones" complaints that preceded the game's release are what have giving it a permanent negative image.

[sikbeta]

I know a guy that was saying why in Hell RE5 didn't come out for the wii, after playing that game, I told him:

"Guy, you already have RE4, so you're not missing anything"

Long life to RE4, the last Game of the Resident Evil Series

[n4f]

if you play resi 1-4 then play 5 you will see a big difference. please give me back my zombies not people. and it not even survival anymore
co-op was use in resi Deadly Silence

[TheDeadMetalhead]

Because RE5 was crap. It wasn't scary, the story wasn't good, the controls were terrible, you have to buy the versus mode, and most importantly (WARNING: Spoilers ahead) THEY ****ING KILLED WESKER. @_@

[Coolmanrico]

4 was just as disappointing as five, but at least 5 continued the original story. Everybody drooled over RE4 and when they tried to give us everything that made 4 the way it is in RE5, people call it crap. Sorry, but everyone who praise RE4 is to blame and now the series is just another action game. Hopefully RE6 will be better, but only time will tell.

[keysy420]

dont fret capcom just port to the ps3 motion controller and youll be fine.

[DigitalHorror81]

Didn't they see that coming? I mean, really? The Wii has been practically dubbed a family system from the get-go. Why on earth would anyone bother with M rated games on it? The mind boggles. Throw it at 360 or PS3, we'll be happy to take it.

[ssipmraw]

and have monster hunter 4 on ps3!

[jack who]

lulz

[ape007]

is definitely the perfect choice, why waste your time developing your game on a gamecube+ that does make your game look bad and outdated plus bad sales??,heh lol gamecube was even better resi4 looked amazing at its time plus it sold 100 times better,the wii is a waste of time and money,the wii is weak, it's a joke to be honest

anyway

capcom please bring back the resi4 team to develop a groundbreaking stunning resi6 on xbox360\ps3

[asdr3wsfas]

"is definitely the perfect choice, why waste your time developing your game on a gamecube+ that does make your game look bad and outdated plus bad sales??,heh lol gamecube was even better resi4 looked amazing at its time plus it sold 100 times better,the wii is a waste of time and money,the wii is weak, it's a joke to be honest"

So's your grammar but we let you slide for months.

The wii isn't a waste of money...just look at this from wikipedia.

"Monster Hunter Tri, known in Japan as Monster Hunter 3 (tri-), is the third console installment in the Monster Hunter franchise, released for the Wii on August 1, 2009 by Capcom. Early in development, the game was planned to be a PlayStation 3 title; however, extreme budget costs caused development to focus on the Wii instead."

Wow. Look at that. The game doesn't have enough money to be made on ps3 so they make it for wii. Who'd have thought there's more to a business than sales? I thought companies just sh!t out games paid for with candy.

The wii is an upgrade - look at MP 3 compared to MP 2 and MP. And the graphics are the same on GC for RE4 but the controls are hundreds of times better. That's why the wii sells. It's the first RE game where I had ammo cause I could aim.

What's this about bionic commando? Oh yeah...

[N4g_null]

Ape I'm curious what hd capcom games do you own?

Do you have lost planet
dead rising
sf4
bionic commando
devil may cry 4?

Did you get mega man?

Now if you bought those games then tell why didn't others and those games cost way more to make.
hey I'm not trying to reason with you cuz you just don't like the wii right cool that is understood.
The comments at joystick make more sense then these! Now that's low!

It's like you guys believe in voo doo or some thing. Saying it doesn't make it so reguardless of your opinion.
Res evil should have stayed on the wii! Them they wouldn't have forced the lame co op in there are horrible aiming.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

As soon as I clicked on the article, I was thinking to myself "inb4 ape007's post bashing the Wii", and sure enough...

[KillerPwned]

Wow im surprised i thought this would sell more add one more copy ill be buying one. Cant wait for the DLC for RE5! Hoping at CES they will provide alot of info on it since it will be releaseing in march i think is correct.

These games should get released on the ps3 and 360 updated with better graphics and sum new features. Once Natal and the Playstation motion controller are released.

[asdr3wsfas]

About those HD releases...

"Monster Hunter Tri, known in Japan as Monster Hunter 3 (tri-), is the third console installment in the Monster Hunter franchise, released for the Wii on August 1, 2009 by Capcom. Early in development, the game was planned to be a PlayStation 3 title; however, extreme budget costs caused development to focus on the Wii instead.[1]"

Oh yeah, hdtvs don't work with rail shooters without sensors. So that's what, 80 bucks for this game? Unless you're one of the many that bought...time crisis 4...ahahaha. I can imagine the huge sales from this revolutionary new rail shooter with cinematic gameplay. Resident evil: the cutscene chronicles.

[KillerPwned]

I do enjoy rail shooters love the time crisis series....actaully bought the game and gun off my friend for 30. So your right but my buy didnt make a difference ^_^

There not worth the full price i think but if u can get it cheap then get it deffinaly. The newer RE rail shooters for wii are alot better compared to the old ones for playstation and ps2.

[asdr3wsfas]

I loved TC4 in the arcade but hated the guncon 3. No recoil? That was why I played time crisis!

I actually like rail shooters but the RE chronicles series sucks hard. HOTD 2 blows it apart in every way. It's designed as FPS lite cinematic junk when rail shooters should be twitch fests. The most story I want in one includes zombies and evil corporations or terrorists and super weapons.

Capcom thinks they know a genre when really they ignored why people liked those arcade games. Dead Space Extraction has the same problem. The people who love those games don't like old rail shooters...they're slow, story filled and interrupted by cutscenes, and there's usually only a couple enemies on screen at once. That's not why people play rail shooters.

[KillerPwned]

I agree with you completely HOTD stomps the RE rail shooters. Deffinaly HOTD 1 & 2 they where all time favs. I still got my Time crisis 1 and 2 for ps1 and 2 gonna have to dig them up now.

P.S. It would be nice to see a guncon with recoil for the consoles. But would probley jack prices up. Or sell it as a extra if u want it badly.

[n4gn4gn4gn4g]

you DO know he means remakes of all the Wii games for the Natal/Wand right?

Capcom sux.

[iPirates]

Good news for the 360/PS3

[Digitaldude]

16k wow.... Thats insane.
Well they shouldve know, take other games history into account as well.

[doG_beLIEfs]

It does not appeal to gamers, it is grossly underpowered, most of its games are gimmicks geared toward grandma and soccermoms. I could go on and on.

[asdr3wsfas]

Oh yeah, and we all know that rail shooters are highly sought after by hardcore gamers. That's why arcades are doing so well.

[doG_beLIEfs]

It's nearly every single hardcore game that has been attempted 3rd partywise on the Wii. For the casuals, they don't care about graphics or size or physics or any of the things core gamers want. They are ignorant to the fact that the Wii is so immensely underpowered compared to the 360 much less the PS3 and they don't care if their workout machine and Wii sports machine looks like crap on the HDTV.

Nintendo slappped you in the sac and they expect you to turn the other cheek so they can slap you with their schlong and sac just like in a MaxHardcore porno.

Face it, put the sales aside and what is the Wii? IMO total utter crap and a waste of $200.

[asdr3wsfas]

"8.2 - If it were just this game, your rebuttle might have a leg to stand on but it's NOT just this game
It's nearly every single hardcore game that has been attempted 3rd partywise on the Wii."

How's COD doing? All of them. How are they? 1mil+ and heading that way for MW?

How's NMH doing? You know, Suda's best selling game ever that outsold killer 7 on ps2?

Didn't okami sell more on wii than ps2? Oh yeah, that's why they're making a DS sequel...

Oh, how about RE4. HOTD 2 and 3 return.

Those are just the quickest rebuttals. Also, don't forget MH tri is on wii cause the ps3 cost too much to develop for. It already sold half a million in Japan.

So it turns out there's more to business than sales...who knew? I believe I'll call this part "costs." If my instincts are correct I would wager profit = sales - costs.

This is a gamechanger right here. Moneyball's got nothing on me.

Capcom should stick to HD and Bionic commando, huh?

[Mini Mario]

"Oh yeah, and we all know that rail shooters are highly sought after by hardcore gamers. That's why arcades are doing so well. "

lol Stop making sence, these guys dont talk much sence. Its like your talking another language to them.

If DC was brought out for the ps3 i doubt it would do any better. Maybe they shouldve made a true sequel to resident evil 4. Resi 5 was ok, but it did lack in comparison.

I dont know why someone at sega was complaining the other day either, I mean didnt mario and sonic at the olympic games have the SEGA symbol on it.

[Gr81]

Good Riddance. Does that mean we won't get another Spyborg's?! Oh no! Another RE Rail Shooter?! Oh no! You've given us the definitive port of RE4, great. MH3, fantastic. And TvC, looking forward to it.

But if you decide not to support the Wii after those games, fine. I'm not so sure you will be missed by Wii owners much. UC Sold way past your expectations and you used the bait and switch "Buy this and you may get a full fledged RE title" Wii owners took the bait and you give them..another rail shooter so these sales are the consumer giving you a big middle finger, as that's what you've given us.

Throw an RE rail shooter on an HD console and see what happens, lol. Wii's closing in on what 70m? Go ahead and leave that money on the table, that's fine. You're just one to two flops away on an HD console from going the way of Midway. Look what happened to Bionic Commando lol. Capcom's really fallen off this gen. RE4>>RE5 DMC1,2,3>>4 SF3>SF4. Good Riddance.

[EvilTwin]

Pretty much my thoughts, exactly.

I wouldn't say good riddance totally, because they're capable of making great RE4-type games.

But what you said on the bait-and-switch thing is entirely true. RE4 sold pretty much the same on Wii as it did on GC (which is saying something for an old port). RE:UC over performed, so I can see why they'd think "hey, lets do that again." But it seems like Capcom forgot that we aren't in the lightgun arcade era anymore. That genre isn't gonna do huge numbers every time out. It's no longer mainstream.

So why not base their opinion on...oh, I don't know, MH:Tri? A game people really DO want. It's already pulled a million, and hasn't even released here in the states.

[Smacktard]

Yeah uh... I'm glad I'm not the only one that remembered Capcom promising Wii owners a full-fledged RE title if RE:UC sold well, and then shafting Wii owners everywhere.

I bought RE:UC for $50 new, played it for 2 hours, and then sold it to Blockbuster for $30 because it was such a bad game. I wasn't gonna fall victim to that crap again.

[EvilTwin]

Umbrella Chronicles sold over a million.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

Kinda hard to complain about sales when you've already put out one niche rail shooter that has sold very well. But nooooooooo. It's the "Wii's audience is casual," not "the Wii's audience already has a very, very similar game, and has wanted an RE4-type sequel since launch."

I don't know what it is, but it doesn't matter the publisher (Sega with HotD, Capcom with RE, EA with Dead Space), they seem to all expect rail shooters to be blockbusters. It's not the 90's anymore, folks.

But it's easier to make a rail shooter, I guess, even when the audience for RE wants a third person action/adventure/survival horror game. Hint to Capcom: give the people what they want. It works for Activision.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

[tiamat5]

It was inevitable. Everyone was in denial but if you want your game to sell well Nintendo is the last place you go to. Most games that sell well are their own games. Also most people who buy the Wii aren't looking for hardcore games.This why most Wii owners have a least another console in their home. I guess developers wre finally tired of wasting resourses on the Wii. Not a good start for the new year Nintendo.

[The_Zeitgeist]

you have to market a product for it to succeed. I never saw one ad let alone a commercial for the game.

[Mini Mario]

"God this is serious, the head of Capcom of France... wow"

"... Capcom of France they call all the shots."

I knew i was forgetting to mention something

"..and to all the people whining about 16K sales... that's in France only"

LOL

You really gotta wonder if people actually read more than the headlines. Or in most cases believe the FACTS and not what they dreamt up in their head.

[SpoonyRedMage]

God this is serious, the head of Capcom of France... wow, if this was someone like the president of Capcom of Japan it wouldn't matter because they have no part in the decision making but wow... Capcom of France they call all the shots.

..and to all the people whining about 16K sales... that's in France only, which represents a fifth or less of the European market.

[EvilTwin]

It doesn't appear the game is doing terribly well overall, though.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

Compared to RE:UC...
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

It boggles my mind that ANYone would think this game was going to be a sales juggernaut, though. I remember reading how surprised people were about RE:UC doing well. This genre just isn't that popular. Having a strong name and established IP carried the first title.

[SpoonyRedMage]

No but sure as hell is doing better than the 16K he talked about and he's not really in a position to be talking about what Capcom's going to be supporting most. Especially with the announcement that Nintendo is handling the European release of Monster Hunter... which means if it's a success in Europe then this guy looks like an idiot for not advertising the games.

It's the same with the SEGA guy, he wasn't even someone from the publishing side, he was just a developer who was responsible for the terrible Iron Man games and Golden Axe(which only sold 200K by the way, less than their Wii games), the fact that he used Dead Space: Extraction(which sold less than Sega's games) as the litmus test was ridiculious as well. Someone also did a nice comparison on VGchartz of Sega's M-rated titles:

The House of the Dead 2 &3 Return (Wii) 1,100,000
The House of the Dead Overkill (Wii) 470,000
Condemned 2: Bloodshot (360) 470,000
Condemned: Criminal Origins (360) 460,000
Viking: Battle for Asgard (360) 410,000
MadWorld (Wii) 370,000
Condemned 2: Bloodshot (PS3) 310,000
Viking: Battle for Asgard (PS3) 280,000
The Club (360) 240,000
The Club (PS3) 150,000
Golden Axe: Beast Rider (360) 120,000
Golden Axe: Beast Rider (PS3) 80,000
Stormrise (360) 50,000
Stormrise (PS3) 50,000

Average sales per console...

Wii: 647,000
360: 292,000
PS3: 174,000

[asdr3wsfas]

Yeah, Sega has been eating it till possibly bayonetta. And once you include Mario and Sonic those numbers become even more hilarious ;) It alone outsold their xbox and ps3 releases combined!

[Kisama]

50 bucks for an on-rails shooter with very little-to-no replay ability? I'll pass. I'm sure that if someone REALLY wanted to play this, they would either rent it, or just pirate it.

[The_Zeitgeist]

The real problem with these games is that Capcom and companies like them do not give the games a big marketing push. Nintendo is to blame to. They are to lazy when it comes to promoting their gamer core titles.

[asdr3wsfas]

Last I heard console manufacturers don't advertise for third parties. Nor it is their job. If companies weren't morons they'd take the 10 dollars savings in licensing costs for the wii and use that for ads.

[StanSmith]

LMAO yes they do. When was the last time you watched tv? Microsoft and Sony both advertise 3rd parties whilst ending the adverts with an image of there respective consoles as it helps the sales of hardware and software both of which benefit the console manufacturers because of the royalties they recieve. Your statement should have said "Last I heard NINTENDO don't advertise for third parties because Nintendo only care about Nintendo."

[EvilTwin]

Sorry Mario, but bob is once again doing that annoying thing he does...talking sense.

Publishers aren't there just to put their names on a box. Wikipedia actually has a good section on this:

"As with book publishers or publishers of DVD movies, video game publishers are responsible for their product's manufacturing and marketing, including market research and all aspects of advertising."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Yes, if you publish a game...you want it to sell. How do you sell games? You advertise them to entice people into buying them.

What a novel concept...

Anywho, I don't remember people blaming Sony for Psychonauts' or Okami's marketing and subsequent sales. And the reason you see a console's name on a commercial is to let people know what console the game is available on (if that's the marketing strategy).

That doesn't mean the hardware manufacturer is paying for the whole thing on behalf of the publisher. What, you think console makers are benign non-corporate entities willing to do the publishers job for them?

If that were the case, the flow chart for a publisher would be:

Put name on box -------> ? --------> PROFIT!

[SpoonyRedMage]

Nintendo does help with the advertisement of games but they're not going to do it if the publisher won't. They're helping with the advertisement of The Crystal Bearers right now and they're going to be advetising Monster Hunter in Europe, as well as Dragon Quest. They also added their official Wii thing to some ads for COD: World at War last year as well.

Nintendo isn't going to do everything for them but they'll help the publishers.

[hatchimatchi]

Sony and Microsoft pay for advertising. Look at rock band and call of duty. Microsoft pays to have their logo exclusively at the end of certain commercials. Also, look at e3 2009. Microsoft was showcasing Rock band beatles like it was exclusive to the system.

[cmrbe]

Nin could release a mario,wii fit interation and they will be set for the rest of this gen.

[The_Zeitgeist]

But history teaches us that will only back fire on them. Look at Nintendo and the N64 and Sony with the PS3. They grew to to sure of themselves. And Nintendo with the N64 also grew complacent. In the end Nintendo will have to either begin to innovate further by releasing a new console or a HD upgrade to the Wii or through grabbing the hardcore again.

[asdr3wsfas]

"And Nintendo with the N64 also grew complacent. In the end Nintendo will have to either begin to innovate further"

That's their strategy so it seems like all's well. You notice how both the DS and the wii did that? It's like some sort of pattern.

[The_Zeitgeist]

But in the end it will not end well. What goes up must come down.

[TANUKI]

Omg... that's terrible! And this is the Resident Evil Series we are talking about!

Yea.. Capcom, please go back to PS3/Xbox!

[strife01104]

Capcom makes a game noone is buying and it is somehow Nintendo's fault? What if the same exact game tanked on the other 2 systems..Would it then be Sony's or Microsoft's fault as well?? Resident Evil 4 on Wii proved they can make a damn good Resident Evil Title in the traditional way. IMO they chose the onrails approach then they complain. Maybe they should have looked at their competition in the Wii version of Dead Space which i am told is a great game and selling better.

[StanSmith]

It is nintendos fault. They have ignored 3rd party devs yet again in favour of pushing their own software. Look at Sony and Microsoft who push their own software while also supporting 3rd party devs. It can be done.

Btw Capcom made an excellent game in Darkside Chronicles. I doubt you even gave it a chance seen as you appear to have jumped on the Capcom sux on-rails crying bandwagon.

[hatchimatchi]

seriously,

darkside chronicles is a quality game. I find it funny how i bought it and i enjoy it yet i'm the one who gets accused of being a troll here.

[StanSmith]

I'm speechless... Darkside Chronicles is a damn fine game. It's without a doubt got some of the best graphics on wii and at some points is on par with the graphics shown on ps3 and 360 in games from 2007. If you doubt this statement then i suggest you rent it and check it out yourselves.

Btw to those above complaining that capcom should have expected this because it is on rails please think before you speak. The Wii is the perfect Console atm for these types of games. I doubt those complaining about it being on rails actually gave this game a chance just like Dead Space extraction which was also great.

Let's face it, the wii hardly had a steller line up last year. i bought only 4 games all year for it, whereas there was at least a game for every month on ps3 and 360.

[akashifire]

Wow you must be rich. :O

To be frank, if people had more money they'd probably buy more games. But that's not the case. People are going to spend their money on games they find best for them. Many consumers probably didn't want this game because of many factors:
- Replayability
- Gameplay
- Cost
- etc.

[d_dogg2007]

LOLL Like someone said above how did you not see this coming? Serves you right for being sell outs.

[infredible]

This is the same story taken from a capcom french interview with Antoine Seux. Does anyone else realise that number represents only france!?! Not the whole world. Actually if i'm not mistaken the game has sold over 220,00 worldwide according to vgchartsz

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

Antoine actually said in the interview that the title was considered sucessful just not as sucessful as they had hoped. You people need to stop being so dumb and actually dig up info on your own. This site is biased. Otherwise why would we have 3 stories on the same interview all three sure to focus on only the anti wii aspects and not their positive outlook on monster hunters release in europe.

Really these sites are getting pathetic. They are so hard up to write something bad about wii that they wont even do proper research to make sure they have their facts right.

OH and BTW, if you want to read the translated interview without bias or an overwhelmingly misformed spin. Visit this link. Yeah they are whining about wii but really. It's not even half as bad as this site wants you to think.

http://www.nintendoeverythi...

[Gr81]

For you as well my friend. This site needs more of you.

[Enigma_2099]

... and you're surprised that the game didn't sell as well as you hoped? And I surely hope you're not blaming this on Nintendo.

[tiamat5]

Nothing is ever Nintendo's fault. A Wii could explode and burn down a person's house and the fanboys will say 'Let's see a PS3 or an Xbox burn down a house that fast'.LOL!!!!

[Enigma_2099]

... if it ever happened... but how often does the Wii RROD and catch fire?

[Advari]

The Wii is an alright console i play mine time to time but the thing is marketed for families and children. Those are the major consumers who are buying up the console Nintendo did right tapping into that market but they dropped the hardcore gamer. Hardcore gamers like spruced up graphics like Killzone 2 and like the multy player aspect with Halo 3. I don't blame Capcom for halting production on the Wii bringing a hardcore game to that console is either a hit or a miss in sales. Unless the game has a fallowing like Legend of Zelda or Metroid people will play it those are hardcore games on the Wii I wonder how COD4 did on the Wii for sales. But Capcom also needs to learn to give the Resident Evil franchise a little break they did release Res 5 and now this the market is kinda stale on that game right now when bigger titles are coming out this year in 2010. If Capcom wants to develop games for the Wii see what other developers are doing and fallow suit wich is family oriented games or even kids games on the Wii and sample a hardcore game every now and then.

[Iceman100]

here is a simple solution stop making crap games nobody wants to play a resident evil shooter then want a real resident evil game.

[GFahim]

i remember when capcom released RE4, a 2 year old port which millions have bought already on the wii in order to 'test' the 'hardcore wii market'. YET, the game sells 1.6 million.

so normally, thats an indication that we wii owners want a true sequel to RE4 i.e. RE5, but they couldnt do it for understandable reasons.

so then they release umbrella chronicles, a RAIL SHOOTER in which they expect many disappointed wii owners to buy in order to 'test' us again. YET, it sold a million.

so now it shows them that there surely is a market for Resident Evil on wii and wii owners are desperately wanting a ground up RE game in the likes of RE4.

but then they give us another rail shooter (like there hasnt been enough by now) and this one understandably sells porrly.

and after all these test they have done, they now tell us that there are no hardcore gamers? whoever they are, they need to see a psychiatrist or something.

[Gr81]

Not just for this comment but the other one you made.

[na-no-nai]

re:dc has good graphic cuz you not moving the character and the game is moving itself; but then again they could of a made an even better game that rival that of re4 but they chose not to. of course the wii is capable of great graphic but most devs are hellish lazy to do that.

re:dc not as great as they could of made it believe me cuz i played it and my lil bro beat it less than 10hrs without really trying.

if only there are devs out there that really pushed the wii to it max

[ScubaSteve1]

so no more resident evil games on the wii whch means NO RE 2 remake

[fatstarr]

tatsunoko vs capcom =50k seller hopefully

[ScubaSteve1]

is that game even coming to america

[Vizion26]

Instead of making spin-offs of their franchises (especially on-rails when it is over saturated on the Wii), why don't 3rd parties make full fledged games with the heart and effort they put into HD games for the Wii? Stop being so tentative and just go for it. I bet they will reap many benefits of their labor. The Wii after all is the leading console this generation.

[matey]

i know how ignorant of capcom when we got the premium version of RE4 and then 360/ps3 get deadspace/RE5 shouldnt they have consentrated on the 1 million plus audience they just found on wii if it was other way around 360/ps3 would have got RE 4.5 or something like that 6 months after thats how u carve out an audience not rack up 1.6 million hardcore gamers and then forget about us CAPCOM needed big support for wii soon as they put RE4 out because 1.6 million people would have been pleased with that game expecting more of the same and capcom didnt proceed its capcoms fault look it was a advanced port that cost about 5 million if that and they made killing in profits and then gave us dead rising with graphics not even RE4 like factor 5 said devs should look at what gamecube did at best rogue squadron 3,re4,twilight princess,ect abd at the very least double it

[Meryl]

You know what really is hurting this games sales, it is piracy, Wii is far too easy to hack and to play backed up games from your hard drive, so rather than buying this spin off, people will just download it and pirate it instead, the ones that still care about core gaming on the wii.

[matey]

look why all this rubbish talk this is only capcom france that is not happy so who cares plus the wii has the 3rd party game that sold more copies than any console game in japan MH3 if that sells the same expect MH4 on wii and wii2 plus all that Darkside Chronicles poor sales talk just means dont sell on rails shooters anymore surely

[nintendojunkie28]

There's two fundamental issues here that some have addressed above.First off advertising is practically non-existent for titles such as "The darkside chronicles" as well as any other third party software for the wii,which is something I've complained about since the wii's inception. ...I was absolutely amazed to see a commercial for the crystal bearers the other day,none the less it was a less than stellar approach which barely caught my eye.

Secondly,the wii tends to get mediocre hand-me-downs from third parties like ports(especially ps2 ports)..and cheap spin-offs.Now there are the occasional exceptions...such as madworld or mh3,but the vast majority are as stated above.That said ..you can not and should not expect phenomenal sales of titles like the darkside chronicles when the alternative is resident evil 5 for the other consoles,it just doesn't work that way.

[sam2236]

It's their own damn fault. They wouldn't be losing any money if they had actually listened to the fans and remade RE2 and 3. But no, they go and make two piss poor rail shooters and re-release three Gamecube games.

Serves them goddamn right. Here's hoping there'll be no more rail shooters from now on.

[bennyace]

If they'd stop making shooter on rails and game more survival horror adventure games like they used to do it would sell more. On rail shooters just don't feel like a Resident Evil game should feel.

[lizard81288]

anyway, capcom pulled a bait and switch, they said "if UC sold well, you could get a the main series on the wii", a RE4-like gameplay. then the fans bought it, then the do another RS. then the fans stopped right there.

i have the game, its ok. the graphics are nice, but in the end its a quick RS. it does have replay value, like switching to the other character and the archives. however the camera is shaky, even though leon is stand still the camera still shakes, like leon is a bobble head doll.

the capcom ports sold well, RE4 sold more than the GCN and ps2 ports combined, and okami sold better on the wii as well. oh- look traditional games that are not RS or mini games, and their ports and they sold the best on the wii?! maybe if they made games like that they'd sell, and not mini games or RSs