Manhunt is a different level of violent than either Resident Evil 4 or Metroid Prime 3 (if you play the original Manhunt you see why). Because of this I think it would turn off people who buy 'violent' games for the Wii (though I wouldn't really call MP3 'violent' in the same sense as I would call RE4 or Manhunt 'violent). I would buy both Resident Evil 4 and MP3 but I have no intentions of buying Manhunt, that type of violence does not interest me.
Your Madden analogy proves my point though, its sales were split due to competition and Manhunt will encounter much more competition in November than Madden 08 for the Wii did during August. To answer your question, I would buy Madden 08 for the Wii not the Xbox360 (and I know people who bought Madden 08 for the Wii first so they could try the motion controls, then maybe pick up the Xbox360 version later), so the answer is not quite simple. Another reason why it might not have sold well is not because you could buy it for the Xbox360 or PS3, but because there is a smaller audience of gamers who buy adrenaline games for the Wii.
To answer your RE4 question, I bought it for the PS2 instead of the Wii, even over the so called 'better' controls (not everyone likes the Wiimote).
If you can find any kind of sales numbers for Manhunt my opinion might be swayed, but of current I can not see this game selling more than 100K during the month of November.
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Manhunt is a different level of violent than either Resident Evil 4 or Metroid Prime 3 (if you play the original Manhunt you see why). Because of this I think it would turn off people who buy 'violent' games for the Wii (though I wouldn't really call MP3 'violent' in the same sense as I would call RE4 or Manhunt 'violent). I would buy both Resident Evil 4 and MP3 but I have no intentions of buying Manhunt, that type of violence does not interest me.
Your Madden analogy proves my point though, its sales were split due to competition and Manhunt will encounter much more competition in November than Madden 08 for the Wii did during August. To answer your question, I would buy Madden 08 for the Wii not the Xbox360 (and I know people who bought Madden 08 for the Wii first so they could try the motion controls, then maybe pick up the Xbox360 version later), so the answer is not quite simple. Another reason why it might not have sold well is not because you could buy it for the Xbox360 or PS3, but because there is a smaller audience of gamers who buy adrenaline games for the Wii.
To answer your RE4 question, I bought it for the PS2 instead of the Wii, even over the so called 'better' controls (not everyone likes the Wiimote).
If you can find any kind of sales numbers for Manhunt my opinion might be swayed, but of current I can not see this game selling more than 100K during the month of November.