Wii has sold more than we thought

Nicholasp27 · #1 10-26-2007, 08:12 AM

Sites like nexgenwars.com have wii currently at 12 million sold. However, according to Nintendo, as of September 30 this year, 13.17 million were sold. So it's closer to 15 than 12 right now.

I think they'll have maybe 4 million more shipped by end of year, so they should hit 19 million before the end of the year (unless they are really trying hard to get 20 mil made)

On their 1 year anniversary, they should have already broken the 17 million console mark!

4 High · #2 10-26-2007, 09:04 AM

So? We knew they were on top. Why does this matter so much to you? Why don't you make a post on the Wii's horrible attachment rate and the fact that outside of the "Big 3" They have no other games coming soon worth getting.

Side note - I have a Wii and have been playing it more lately, but by far it gets the least play out of my 3 systems.

Nicholasp27 · #3 10-26-2007, 09:18 AM

well, for one it should silence people that say "nintendo is purposefully keeping stock low to keep demand high"...the fact is that they are shipping unprecedented volumes of consoles...nobody has shipped this many in such a short period of time...and they have done it in year one with a low rate of failure...so they are not holding back stock

and it's only 11 months into the wii...besides mario, mario kart, brawl, batallion wars coming out soon, there are also 3rd party titles like no more heroes, medal of honor heroes 2 (better controls than metroid and 32-player online), manhunt 2, gh3, winning eleven, rayman 2, re: umbrella chronicles, star wars (with light sabers), geometry wars, ghost squad, nights, call of duty 4 and more that we don't yet know about

and those are just for 'gamers'

people who like 'non-hardcore' games will also enjoy many other games like wii fitness and mini game collections and now they are starting to release edutainment software for the 4-8 year old segment

Nicholasp27 · #4 10-26-2007, 09:23 AM

btw, let's stop yet ANOTHER lie about the wii

the wii has a 5:1 attach rate...66 million software sold for 13 million consoles (plus over 7 million vc games sold, which aren't counted in that number) {as of sept 30th}

it also has 8 titles that are million sellers so far, with metroid to join that as soon as it releases in europe/australia...and of course galaxy and brawl and mario kart are all guaranteed million sellers...360 only has 11 so far in much more time, and the xbox only got 7 million selling titles (ps3 has 2)

additionally, 360 only has 2 titles that sold 2mil+, while wii already has 4, and mario/brawl/kart and maybe metroid will all hit 2+ as well, bringing the total to at least 7-8 soon

btw, "And the Wii now has the highest software attach rate of any platform since 1996." (disclaimer: not sure if just talking about Japan or worldwide tho)

scotchnrocks · #5 10-26-2007, 09:25 AM

cute thread, the title even has a pun in it lol!!1!!!!

MrWookie · #6 10-26-2007, 10:49 AM

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btw, let's stop yet ANOTHER lie about the wii

the wii has a 5:1 attach rate...66 million software sold for 13 million consoles (plus over 7 million vc games sold, which aren't counted in that number) {as of sept 30th}

it also has 8 titles that are million sellers so far, with metroid to join that as soon as it releases in europe/australia...and of course galaxy and brawl and mario kart are all guaranteed million sellers...360 only has 11 so far in much more time, and the xbox only got 7 million selling titles (ps3 has 2)

additionally, 360 only has 2 titles that sold 2mil+, while wii already has 4, and mario/brawl/kart and maybe metroid will all hit 2+ as well, bringing the total to at least 7-8 soon

btw, "And the Wii now has the highest software attach rate of any platform since 1996." (disclaimer: not sure if just talking about Japan or worldwide tho)

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What 8 Wii titles are million+ and 2M+ sellers? Source? What about for the 360, etc?

Nicholasp27 · #7 10-26-2007, 11:10 AM

from wiki:

Wii Sports (11.58 million) (packaged with system in all regions [9.5 million bundled],[52] except Japan [2.08 million sold])[53]
Wii Play (4.49 million)[54]
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3.61 million)[54]
Mario Party 8 (2.89 million)[52]
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (1.82 million)[54]
Super Paper Mario (1.25 million)[54]
Rayman Raving Rabbids (1 million)[55]
Red Steel (1 million)[55]

360:
Gears of War (4 million)[16]
Halo 3 (3.3 million in US)[17]
Crackdown (1.5 million)[18]
Perfect Dark Zero (1.5 million)[19]
Call of Duty 2 (1.4 million)[20]
Saints Row (1.4 million shipped)[21]
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (1.4 million)[22]
Dead Rising (1.3 million)[22]
Madden NFL 07 (1.1 million in US)[23]
Dead or Alive 4 (1 million)[24]
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (1 million)[23]

ps3:
Resistance: Fall of Man (2 million)[98]
MotorStorm (1 million)[99]

jalexand42 · #8 10-26-2007, 11:23 AM

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from wiki:

Wii Sports (11.58 million) (packaged with system in all regions [9.5 million bundled],[52] except Japan [2.08 million sold])[53]
Wii Play (4.49 million)[54]

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lol at including these. Wii Play is a $10 game and it blows.

astroglide · #9 10-26-2007, 11:25 AM

does the attach rate include wii sports (free) and wii play ($10 w/second controller)?

Nicholasp27 · #10 10-26-2007, 11:28 AM

they are still games that are sold

wii sports is included free in most regions, but in regions where it isn't, almost everyone who buys a wii buys wii sports

if it wasn't bundled then it still would have sold over 6 million

but fine, take ALL bundled wii sports (9.5mil) and ALL wii play (4.5mil) and you still have 62 million software for 13 million consoles = 4.77:1 attach rate

so it drops the attach rate by .3:1

so no matter what you can't say the wii has "horrible attachment rate" when it has best in 11 years in at least japan (where wii sports is NOT bundled so all sales of that there are actual sales where people paid for them)