do wii owners not buy games?

was reading the NPD report for May and noticed that although twice as many Wiis were sold as PS3s, the highest selling PS3 game outsold the highest selling Wii game. What that says to me is that although twice as many people buy Wiis half of them must play nothing but Wii Sports.ANNIHILISM

[QUOTE="ANNIHILISM"]was reading the NPD report for May and noticed that although twice as many Wiis were sold as PS3s, the highest selling PS3 game outsold the highest selling Wii game. What that says to me is that although twice as many people buy Wiis half of them must play nothing but Wii Sports.VideoGameGuy

The Majority of Wii owners only buy 1st party games and fitness games. Since the majority of games on any given console are 3rd party the numbers look bad.

i think you mean reead dead redemption above galaxy 2 right?

galaxy was out for a shorter time thats why or else it would of outsold even the 360 version.

i think you mean reead dead redemption above galaxy 2 right?

galaxy was out for a shorter time thats why or else it would of outsold even the 360 version.

KBFloYd

I buy wii games....I just got SMG2 and Sin and Punishment 2.

my grandma has a wii, andyeah she only has wii sport..

I only use it as a dvd player

well you must consider these factors as well

when most people buy consoles that come with games they dont buy one until they need or want to

or 2 people just buying a black wii who already has games

and 3 wii games sell over time ,not in the abundance npd tracks for sales records , plus you do got used games, which doesnt count toward tha t number

half of the games a person may have wanted isnt in circulation no ,more there for they go to pawns or gamestop ,,

i know i buy wii games heck most of my game collection from this gen is wii and 360 and ds,

with about 34 or so ps3 games , and 22 psp games ,

so ya um i think its the fact wii comes packed in with games already that people will most likelyplay them first then go out to get a new one i remember when i was little that was what i had to do before i d get a new one it wasnt like now where i can buy as i please ,

wed have 1 console at least -before psx era at least

and wed get to choose a game we all wanted to play , except some times where i got a game and my sister choose tmnt i choose super mariokart ,

either way it was like this until i got into middle school ,, i became the main player , ,

with games like nfs hot pursuit and goldeneye around , no better time to grab 4 n64 controllers each a different color to -i had a blue one ,my sister picked a yellow my aunt picked a green and my mom or tyhe other 4 player gotthe grey that came with it

so ya , , now i got 6 controllers 2 blue 1 grey 1 purple 1 green 1 gold so ya ,

those were the days right now you hardly get a choice of color

if i did at wii launch i probably got all colors available , 1 of each at least 1 black 2 blue and the white standard one that came with it

so ya , ,if my remotes break im gonna do that im gonna get a blue one ,

i have over 140 games already on my wii thats including dl games,

thats the same number about as i have for snes games , and i m just about done with collecting them ,xcept a few ineed to find of course

I buy wii games....I just got SMG2 and Sin and Punishment 2.

Zanoh

How is Sin and Punishment 2? I thought trailers were cool, but I need an opinion :P

well you must consider these factors as well

when most people buy consoles that come with games they dont buy one until they need or want to

or 2 people just buying a black wii who already has games

and 3 wii games sell over time ,not in the abundance npd tracks for sales records , plus you do got used games, which doesnt count toward tha t number

half of the games a person may have wanted isnt in circulation no ,more there for they go to pawns or gamestop ,,

i know i buy wii games heck most of my game collection from this gen is wii and 360 and ds,

with about 34 or so ps3 games , and 22 psp games ,

so ya um i think its the fact wii comes packed in with games already that people will most likelyplay them first then go out to get a new one i remember when i was little that was what i had to do before i d get a new one it wasnt like now where i can buy as i please ,

wed have 1 console at least -before psx era at least

and wed get to choose a game we all wanted to play , except some times where i got a game and my sister choose tmnt i choose super mariokart ,

either way it was like this until i got into middle school ,, i became the main player , ,

with games like nfs hot pursuit and goldeneye around , no better time to grab 4 n64 controllers each a different color to -i had a blue one ,my sister picked a yellow my aunt picked a green and my mom or tyhe other 4 player gotthe grey that came with it

so ya , , now i got 6 controllers 2 blue 1 grey 1 purple 1 green 1 gold so ya ,

those were the days right now you hardly get a choice of color

if i did at wii launch i probably got all colors available , 1 of each at least 1 black 2 blue and the white standard one that came with it

so ya , ,if my remotes break im gonna do that im gonna get a blue one ,

i have over 140 games already on my wii thats including dl games,

thats the same number about as i have for snes games , and i m just about done with collecting them ,xcept a few ineed to find of course

mariokart64fan

tldr.

I've had my Wii for a week or so now and I've only turned it on a few times. I think I may be starting to regret my purchase.

was reading the NPD report for May and noticed that although twice as many Wiis were sold as PS3s, the highest selling PS3 game outsold the highest selling Wii game. What that says to me is that although twice as many people buy Wiis half of them must play nothing but Wii Sports.ANNIHILISM

and NSMBWii just passed 15 million in less than a year?

The kind of gamer who posts here and plays games on the Wii is only but a fraction of the userbase for the Wii... which is why core titles do so poorly commercially when they don't have proper advertising or the Nintendo brand name.

my grandma has a wii, andyeah she only has wii sport..

oajlu

Casuals who bought Wii don't play it much, they are also not particular interested in the hardcore titles on the Wii, so there's not much reason for them to buy games for it.mysterj

What is a Hardcore Title?

You probably didn't hear Reggie when he was talking about Wii sales, oh right you think that part is boring and you want to see some gamez instead!!!

They big first party games sell well over a long period of time. They may not be on the top of the sales chart but it'll be there long past the date when the #1 game is gone

I havent even played my wii in around two years.

I actually buy games for the Wii. Digital and Hardcopy.

Yea, I don't really buy too many Wii games (seriously). I usually rent or borrow the third party Wii games, because they are generally not worth full price to me.

Red Dead is going to take a bigger tumble off the charts next month than Galaxy.

Red Dead is going to take a bigger tumble off the charts next month than Galaxy.

ActicEdge

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

Red Dead is going to take a bigger tumble off the charts next month than Galaxy.

ANNIHILISM

People don't buy games every month though, its a silly question. Unless the systems sell software equavalent to their install base each month (ie they don't) that question makes no sense.

[QUOTE="Zanoh"]

I buy wii games....I just got SMG2 and Sin and Punishment 2.

Hobbsey07

How is Sin and Punishment 2? I thought trailers were cool, but I need an opinion :P

It could be that the sales are spread out over the amount of shovelware the console has.wdave92

I agree with this. There are SO many games out there for the Wii and many are purchased by consumers who don't take the time to research game quality or type. So they buy what's on the shelf that looks pretty. Sad but true. Just imagine what the sales of the better Wii games would be like with a little advertising and encouragement of new gaming consumers.

Galaxy 2 sold 600k in one week its going to sell its most likely over a million by now

Oh well it looks like PS3s LTD software sales are way below Wii Software sales

source : gamasutra

[QUOTE="wdave92"]It could be that the sales are spread out over the amount of shovelware the console has.jimkabrhel

I agree with this. There are SO many games out there for the Wii and many are purchased by consumers who don't take the time to research game quality or type. So they buy what's on the shelf that looks pretty. Sad but true. Just imagine what the sales of the better Wii games would be like with a little advertising and encouragement of new gaming consumers.

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

Red Dead is going to take a bigger tumble off the charts next month than Galaxy.

ANNIHILISM

Oh well it looks like PS3s LTD software sales are way below Wii Software sales

source : gamasutra

farnham

Yeah but for the sake of argument what about those who aren't interested in Nintendo software? I would wager that if you illustrated a graph like this with only third party games the Wii and the PS3 would switch positions. Point being Nintendo's success is great for people that love Nintendo software, however if Nintendo's software doesn't interest you then the Wii is one of the worst platforms in history. Basically unless you are satisfied with only Nintendo games, then Nintendo is greatly benefiting at everyone else's expense. Third parties have to go up against the juggernaut that is Nintendo on the Wii which is proabably a good correlation as to why despite the massive amounts of Wii hardware moved we have yet to see a third party shift towards developing major titles for the Wii. A unique situation as far as I know having the top selling console getting the least third party support. So great for Nintendo and those who love them, but bad for just about everyone else.

[QUOTE="ANNIHILISM"][QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

Red Dead is going to take a bigger tumble off the charts next month than Galaxy.

ActicEdge

People don't buy games every month though, its a silly question. Unless the systems sell software equavalent to their install base each month (ie they don't) that question makes no sense.

wii has the most software sold for a console this generation

well you must consider these factors as well

when most people buy consoles that come with games they dont buy one until they need or want to

or 2 people just buying a black wii who already has games

and 3 wii games sell over time ,not in the abundance npd tracks for sales records , plus you do got used games, which doesnt count toward tha t number

half of the games a person may have wanted isnt in circulation no ,more there for they go to pawns or gamestop ,,

i know i buy wii games heck most of my game collection from this gen is wii and 360 and ds,

with about 34 or so ps3 games , and 22 psp games ,

so ya um i think its the fact wii comes packed in with games already that people will most likelyplay them first then go out to get a new one i remember when i was little that was what i had to do before i d get a new one it wasnt like now where i can buy as i please ,

wed have 1 console at least -before psx era at least

and wed get to choose a game we all wanted to play , except some times where i got a game and my sister choose tmnt i choose super mariokart ,

either way it was like this until i got into middle school ,, i became the main player , ,

with games like nfs hot pursuit and goldeneye around , no better time to grab 4 n64 controllers each a different color to -i had a blue one ,my sister picked a yellow my aunt picked a green and my mom or tyhe other 4 player gotthe grey that came with it

so ya , , now i got 6 controllers 2 blue 1 grey 1 purple 1 green 1 gold so ya ,

those were the days right now you hardly get a choice of color

if i did at wii launch i probably got all colors available , 1 of each at least 1 black 2 blue and the white standard one that came with it

so ya , ,if my remotes break im gonna do that im gonna get a blue one ,

i have over 140 games already on my wii thats including dl games,

thats the same number about as i have for snes games , and i m just about done with collecting them ,xcept a few ineed to find of course

mariokart64fan

i may also be in the group of people that dont buy many games. I own a ps3 and wii and I probably own less than 30 games for both. That is one of the main reasons I never understand this drought of games that people talk about.

Of course there will be a drought if you buy up to 5 games a month lol

Same thing happened with the PS2, it sold 5 times more than the xbox yet Halo 2 sales competed with PS2 games sales because it had a heavy casual fanbase and a variety of gamer tastes.

This is sort of tied with jimkabrhel's statement about third parties advertising and creating awareness of their Wii games:

So was there any news on how Monster Hunter 3 did in the West? I remember Capcom made a great effort to push the product by including demos at Gamestop, actually having ads for the game, and they even made a bundle with the CIassic Controller Pro. I hope it worked out well for them.

Yeah but for the sake of argument what about those who aren't interested in Nintendo software? I would wager that if you illustrated a graph like this with only third party games the Wii and the PS3 would switch positions. Point being Nintendo's success is great for people that love Nintendo software, however if Nintendo's software doesn't interest you then the Wii is one of the worst platforms in history. Basically unless you are satisfied with only Nintendo games, then Nintendo is greatly benefiting at everyone else's expense. Third parties have to go up against the juggernaut that is Nintendo on the Wii which is proabably a good correlation as to why despite the massive amounts of Wii hardware moved we have yet to see a third party shift towards developing major titles for the Wii. A unique situation as far as I know having the top selling console getting the least third party support. So great for Nintendo and those who love them, but bad for just about everyone else.

nosedive7

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

[QUOTE="ANNIHILISM"] of course, but I'm willing to bet a ps3/360 game takes the top spot again. and think about this, next month, what are the people that bought galaxy this month buying? nothing because they can't possibly be buying the same game again.ANNIHILISM

People don't buy games every month though, its a silly question. Unless the systems sell software equavalent to their install base each month (ie they don't) that question makes no sense.

Not by any significant amount. Its like .4 behind the PS3. They are obviously finding games to play.

This is sort of tied with jimkabrhel's statement about third parties advertising and creating awareness of their Wii games:

So was there any news on how Monster Hunter 3 did in the West? I remember Capcom made a great effort to push the product by including demos at Gamestop, actually having ads for the game, and they even made a bundle with the CIassic Controller Pro. I hope it worked out well for them.

Sky-

[QUOTE="farnham"]

Oh well it looks like PS3s LTD software sales are way below Wii Software sales

source : gamasutra

nosedive7

Yeah but for the sake of argument what about those who aren't interested in Nintendo software? I would wager that if you illustrated a graph like this with only third party games the Wii and the PS3 would switch positions. Point being Nintendo's success is great for people that love Nintendo software, however if Nintendo's software doesn't interest you then the Wii is one of the worst platforms in history. Basically unless you are satisfied with only Nintendo games, then Nintendo is greatly benefiting at everyone else's expense. Third parties have to go up against the juggernaut that is Nintendo on the Wii which is proabably a good correlation as to why despite the massive amounts of Wii hardware moved we have yet to see a third party shift towards developing major titles for the Wii. A unique situation as far as I know having the top selling console getting the least third party support. So great for Nintendo and those who love them, but bad for just about everyone else.

This is such an unfair argument. What if . .. What if people aren't interested in third party software? You aren't allowed to just make up rules here, the topic at hand is buying games, not which games. And really, as a Wii gamer, no thir party titles has grabbed me and said, screw the next Mario game, you are buying me instead. If no third party title does that, am I suspose to go buy it?

[QUOTE="Sky-"]

This is sort of tied with jimkabrhel's statement about third parties advertising and creating awareness of their Wii games:

So was there any news on how Monster Hunter 3 did in the West? I remember Capcom made a great effort to push the product by including demos at Gamestop, actually having ads for the game, and they even made a bundle with the CIassic Controller Pro. I hope it worked out well for them.

farnham

126k first month.

it was No.11 at the April NPD Chart and sold about 100k to 150k in its first monthfarnham

Oh, that's a little bit disheartening.

only games not made by nintendo, activision, capcom, EA, Microsoft, THQ, Namco Bandai, Sony, Square Enix and UBIsoft

should be counted since those games are irrelevant