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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Doing even the tiniest bit of research would have shown the attach rate is just under 5. For a console one year old, that’s fantastic.
One, you are a completely delusional 360 fanboy. The attach rate for Wii includes 7 million VC games out of 65 million total software sells. That’s still lightyears beyond the PS3.
Stop trying to spread the proposterous myth that the attach rate for Wii is low just because you’re jealous and upset that it outsold your precious console.
The Wii’s attach rate is 5. The same as the 360 at this point in its lifecycle. Thats pretty good. Third party support is getting better and the good third party games are selling. If the bad third party games don’t sell well, that will just teach third parties not to make shitty games. Is that so bad?
No, the Wii is selling hardware just fine. A recent post on NeoGAF showed a graph of software sales for the year and the Wii had sold the most in its first full year Jan-Sep. Thats right, even more than the 360. What now?
Wii games will never be made to a great standard cause they use old gen tech, while adding motion sensing. how lazy they could have done better than using gamecube tech.
wii games will always look like shit compared to PS3 which has the best future outlook and 360.
THATS WHY THEY WONT SELL
I have almost 20 wii games and loving it!
the biggest problem is wii sports is so good, we need a full version of each game in wii sports…. most other games by the 3rd party suck, which is the problem
imagine wii sports, full versions, of baseball, tennis, bowling,golf, boxing. that would be 5 to 1 straight away that everyone would by
whoops forgot wait until lucas arts starts designing for the wii properly, every man will want to wave his lightsaber…..
[quote]The Wii can sale all the hardware it wants but most people are buying games on virtual console so retail games.[/quote]
That’s just not true. In the financial report, it says that they have sold 65.8 million games. Nintendo announced on October 9th this year that they have sold 7.8 million VC games. Even if the 65.8 million did include the VC titles, that’s still 58 million regular Wii games sold.
B:
The wii does do better than use gamecube tech, check out Super Mario Galaxy which at gamestop is sitting next to the PS3. It looks more colorful and more defined than 90% of the crap on that expensive POS. Most 360 games look better than that, but the 360 will 90% of the time turn into a blinking red light doorstop.
Jim:
You are right. And of ALL the consoles this christmas the Wii has the best _hardcore_ lineup. It also will continue it’s market disrupting ways and appeal to NON-gamers.
I have over 12 games, and I think after GOOD third party games start putting up impressive numbers, (Zak and Wiki should push 150,000 in the first week easy, alot of gamers are having trouble finding it. GH3, is also putting up impressive numbers, I think matching or possibly even beating the 360 numbers.)
Here’s how the holiday looks:
PS3: NO system sellers coming out this year after Ratchet and Clank. If Ratchet and Clank doesn’t move more systems, Sony is in trouble!
360: Besides Mass Effect (which is just another in a long line of FPS), What else does Microsoft have? Halo 3 has put up it’s numbers for the year, and will continue to drop off.
Metroid Prime 3, will INCREASE in sales as more hardcore gamers pick the wii up this holiday for the massive increase in GOOD hardcore games coming out.