NY Times: Hardcore game sales fade faster on Wii
- April 22, 2008 12:31 PM PST
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A report published by the New York Times on Monday suggests that AAA game sales taper off more quickly on Wii than Xbox 360 or PS3, this despite the logical comparison of other highly promoted games.
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According to VG Chartz, whom The Times cites as their data source, Super Smash Bros. Brawl sales have dropped 90 percent in the first four weeks while total sales stand at an estimated 4.89 million currently. One might initially find that number to be alarming.
However, this wouldn't be the first time that a high profile game saw a sharp drop in sales after a highly publicized launch, as the report fails to mention. In similar fashion, Halo 3 sales dropped by 81 percent within its first four weeks, using the same VG Chartz estimates cited by the paper.
The occurrence of either case, independent of platform, suggest that a drop in launch sales in no way reflects gamer indifference, only that marketing arguably did its job building pre-launch buzz.
Regardless, its long been known that Wii owners on the whole don't buy as many games as Xbox 360 or PS3 owners, as indicated by its lower 3.7 yearly attach rate (4.7 for Xbox 360 and 4.6 for PS3).
Popular analyst Michael Pachter offers one explanation. "It reflects the broadening of the demographic," he told The Times. "Nintendo's market doesn't feel the same sense of urgency to buy every game that's coming out."
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- Apr 22 2008 at 12:34:41:PM PST
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SSBB and Halo 3 are games that will continue to sell for the life of the console so I don't think that the fall off in sales is really that big of a deal, especially since the SSBB has sold nearly 5 million in about 7 weeks.
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lol I saw no posts so I just posted a random comment lol. I don't quite understand the 1st thing lol.
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crc0427 you are very weird. But what the hell does this mean. Wii games are selling like crap or what.
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no, just trying to mock the wii a bit since it's the #1 console. All games drop off in sales. It's just how it works. I have all 3 consoles.
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SSBB is a fun game. i see it as being a casual game because you can pick up the wii mote and its easy as hell to get into and you can press anything and you can get a K.o., granted... now if you know what your doing you can use the characters more effectively
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Popular analyst Michael Pachter offers one explanation. "It reflects the broadening of the demographic," he told The Times. "Nintendo's market doesn't feel the same sense of urgency to buy every game that's coming out."Wrong! The Wii has the most garbage games of both systems combined! The Wii gets 3-5 games on a weekly bases, 15-20 a month with probably one of them a must have game.The last one , SSBM and the next one Mario Kart and then a bunch of shit games in between.
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Popular analyst Michael Pachter offers one explanation. "It reflects the broadening of the demographic," he told The Times. "Nintendo's market doesn't feel the same sense of urgency to buy every game that's coming out."Of course, that's because most casual gamers are occupied enough just playing Wii sports that they don't care to really by another title. And as for the so-called "hardcore gamers of the Wii", outside of Zelda, Metroid, and Mario, most other Wii games suck. They suffer from bad motion controls, terrible graphics and retarded childish storylines. But hey... "Wii-Fit everyone!" *throwing thums up*
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