Bad Nintendo Wii software sales, is it a big issue?
Filed under: Gaming, Nintendo Wii | By: Daniel
Posted on: October 28, 2007 | 50 Comments
Lately I have been hearing a lot of people claiming that the Nintendo Wii software sales are very bad and that this is also the biggest issue that the Wii has.
Some Wii owners also say that many of their friends and themselves only have one Nintendo Wii game.
As an owner of the Wii, Xbox 360 & Sony PS3, I have to admit that I do have over 10 Wii games and many on the PS3 and 360.
So I do find it hard to believe that the Wii is having bad software sales, after looking into it a bit more this does seem to be the case.
One comment we had on another post said “The software sales for Wii are bad and the publishers know it. With only a 1.3 attached rate, and majority of software sales going to 1st party, it really doesn’t bode well for Wii’s future. Wii owners ask yourself, how many games do you own? Seriously? Most ppl I know still only have Sports. Thats it. This is the main problem.”
Do you agree with this persons comment and Wii owners, how many games do you own?
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Um, poor software sales?
Nintndo released their report and it showed that the Wii has an attach rate of 5 games per console. Given how fast it’s selling that’s phenomenal.
And based on NPD data, the Wii has a higher attach rate then the PS3.
This is a myth spread by Microsoft to try and pretend that attach rate is everything, simple because it’s the last thing they’re ‘winning’. The gamecube had the best attach rate of last gen, did that make it the best selling console? No. Consoles that keep selling have worese attach rates because hardware sales keep dragging the ratio down, that’s all.
Everyone who is saying that Wii has software sales of 65.81 million that includes the virtual console online games. People are buying the online games but not the retail games which has a attach rate of about 1 or 2 games a console.
The game is usually first party which is not good for the third party devs. I think for two reasons maybe. One the third party games are shit, they suck since they just want to throw out water down PS2 ports, party games, whatever people don’t want to buy that. Two, Most people are ok with one game, Casual gamers don’t go out and buy games every month like Hardcore gamers so that could be another reason.
Yeah there is an attach rate problem for retail games. When people do buy them though its usually first party and not third party.
It’s kind of a hard assumption to make seeing as how the wii is relatively new and now developers have to figure out how to write games to take advantage of the new controls. I’d say give it another year
shayne
Firstly One has hit the nail on the head with Nintendo’s announced sales figures. If you read the small print it also includes DLC. THe Xbox 360 and Live Arcade is still the king where that’s concerned and Sony a few months back announced very impressive DLC sales figures also. I desperately want the Wii to do well but as of now I don’t see too much in the way of software out there. That’s ok as I brought the Wii for Nintendo’s first party games. I think the general consensus is that third parties are just porting PS2 games and not doing much else. Its a poor state of affairs and even the most ardent Wii fan has to admit its far from ideal. As of right now I think Microsoft has the strongest pre Christmas line up and then its Sony. I own all three consoles and there is plenty for me to look forward to. The Wii on the other hand… Mario and that’s it for me.
Impossible… I don´t know who wrote those info and got those rates… the mayor issue is that Nintendo is very superior to the 3rd party publishers of the wii console… If they want to sell more they need to compete and make really good games like Nintendo that means quality and at this point every hardcore gamer knows that a Nintendo game means fun and well done and thats why Nintendo sells more. In the Xbox and PS3 the 3rd party´s has less competitors.
Can someone please stop the emotional 360 fanboys from claiming that the Wii has a low attachment rate? It doesn’t take much effort to go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Wii and find that the Wii has sold 65.81 million Wii games and 7.8 million virtual console games. It doesn’t take much extra effort either to click on the foot note and go to page 22 of http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/071025e.pdf to find the Wii attachment rate in the Americas is 6.13 including Wii Sports and, for the 360 fanboys, 5.13 without Wii Sports. The Wii attachment rate is better than the 360 attachment rate in the same period. Yes, those figures are for software sales, which does not include virtual console games. In fact, the PDF from Nintendo doesn’t even have the word “virtual.”
The Wii is a smash success. Please come out of lala land.
Well that’s because the wii sucks, not hard to see you idiots.
3rd party developers don’t want to develop for this piece of garbage hardware…but they do in order to make big bucks on the 1st wave of nextgen gamers.
Nintendo always does well year 1, then bombs like a bitch when Sony starts taking over in year 2.
Cry more..everyone knows developers dont care about making quality software for garbage nintendo hardware..it’s all about the money bitches.
Plus the average wii gamer is female and owns 1 game lol…to bad so bad, the nintendo fanbase is patheticly worthless lol.
Does the above post make my point even more relevant? I suspect 360 fanboys are on the border or illiteracy.
Software sales are probably no where near the 360, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying bad. WiiPlay has sold over 2 million, and Zelda has to have similar numbers. I think many people over look VC games. They aren’t NEW games, but it is a major feature to some people and buy it just for that. I own over 13 VC games, and they are classics that I’ve never played so it’s just as enjoyable as the new stuff thats coming out.
Either way, I think Nintendo has a couple high hits coming, and I think GH3 Wii should be on the top to rival the PS2 version
This might be true but the nintendo wii out sold the ps3 in september.