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 Digg.com Facebook Google Bookmarks N4G Gamerblips del.icio.us Reddit Slashdot.org StumbleUpon Sorry, I fell asleep reading that report. :oops: So let me get this straight, Europe has the biggest sales margin yet they won't release Yakuza 3 over here. 150 000 units for the Conduit? That is surprisingly poor for a game that has been hyped up so much.
It must be frustrating for developers to get such a poor return from a game, especially when the amount of consoles sold is around 50 million.
My maths isn't great, but is that around 0.3% of Wii owners?
Wow. I know, it's bloody frustrating. I bet Yakuza 3 would sell more in Europe than the Conduit did. I know it's dialogue heavy but it can't cost that much to translate it. Valkyria Chronicles 2 will boost sales for them, at least in Japan. If they release it here then I will also buy it. If they don't then I might import it anyway, the first was so damn good. They should pour more money into franchises like that rather than s**t like Sonic. it just needs subtitled.
naff english dubs kill games like that - and take more time, effort and money. The Conduit is, from what I've read and seen, a huge pile of crap. The controls are awesome, and some good effects for the wii, but the level, character and art design suck, the premise behind the game sucks and it's one huge cliché.
Level design and art direction are what Nintendo do better than anyone else. The wii is a shining example of this!
Hopefully they'll do something good with the engine and I'm always glad to see developers trying to push the wii, but they have to have a good game to back it up. Although a friend said MP is a blast.
Sega's results were going to be bad this year compared to last - no Mario & Sonic, but isn't there one coming for the winter olympics later this year? SEGA need to rush out another crappy Sonic 3D game to boost sales. i'll buy it in the vein hope its any good. Why can't they just do a 2D Sonic with awesome graphics, cartoon cut scenes and online time trials etc..........??? Mark240473,
150,000 x £30 per game.....
Now lets see..... that's about..... £4.5m!!!
I think Sega/High Voltage Software did more than break even there, regardless of the hype 'The Conduit' generated that it was never going to live up to.
More responsibility needs to be taken from publishers/the media in this respect | 
