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mjc2021 on 18 May 2009
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BengaBenga said:
mjc2021 said:
BengaBenga said:
Wii sold more 3rd party software than 360 and PS3 (not combined) in 2008. Biasing your list by only using the top 10's, which include mega games like GTA, Metal Gear Solid and Call of Duty 4, obviously won't tell you anything about 3rd party sales, just about the distribution of the big 3rd party games over the platforms.

 

Well Pinab posted this:
Total by 3rd party:
Wii: ~ 140M
X360: ~ 180M
Ps3: ~ 100M

I presume the numbers are somewhat accurate but I don't really know. Also the Wii has more bargain bin prices and a much larger userbase. When it comes to 1st party sales though the Wii definitely dominates. Not quite as much when you exclude Wii Sports and Wii Play but still the highest.

 

I don't know if these are accurate, but let's assume they are, you still can't say the Wii has more bargain bin prices without mentioning the much lower development costs. 360 sales obviously include a full year extra. And the PS3 and 360 are bundled with 3rd party games where Wii isn't.

Nintendo is by far the most succesful game developer in the world and their games are obviously very competitive on their own platform. Also you want to exclude WiiSports and WiiPlay, which is fine, but they ARE games which people play, which means less potential sales for other games.

So despite all this Wii still sold most 3rd party games last year and a very healthy total overall that is at the very least competitive to 360 and PS3. Mind you: without a lot of the very big franchises.


Well the Wii has the potential to move more 3rd party software for several reasons. Most notably cheaper prices and larger userbase. But for whatever reason they tend to under perform in regards to sales. Even when the Wii does have big franchises or tons of advertising sales don't seem to be affected much.

It seems like the 3rd party games people love are ignored and the 3rd party games that do top charts are surprise hits. Due to that I think future support will be negatively affected for core fans.