Speaking of GameStop, they're allowing customers to pick up Warner Bros. Interactive Wii U titles. Just picked up Scribblenauts Unlimited myself (also includes Batman: Arkham Asylum Armored Edition and Game Party Champions)

Got another awesome Maxwell hat with the game. :3

If bundled Nintendoland is not included, this actually puts Nintendo pretty close to Iwata's numbers. Assuming 75% are deluxe sets, 2.4+.75 = 3.15 games per consol from pre-orders alone. Surely most owners will pick up one more title before March, and we can be absolutely sure that most stores will have in stock a game for every WiiU buyer, so Nintendo may actually exceed projections.

Also, I think the reason for the great attach rate is that there is a "killer app" available at launch that almost everyone will want: New Super Mario Bros U. That and a much, much better selection of 3rd party core games than Wii.

Actually there is a nice selection of different genres to choose from for the console. So there is something for everyone. And I think that may help.

Yep WiiU is looking to put up some big software figures. That 4 attach rate is definitely possible. I know Im buying like 5 titles before March.

lol I always buy Nintendo consoles because of core content so I don't get why it makes a difference now with WiiU


OT: sounds great and I'm starting to think that my 600k prediction is a bit low but I'm gonna stick with it :P

@Vinniegambini and Viper1: We'll see.

I know that the attach rate will only increase over time, but (and I hate to brig this matter here) I think that we are forgetting that many "casuals" will buy it this X-mas, and most of them will have enough with NintendoLand and Super Mario for a while. Will the rest buy enough to compensate them?

As I said. We'll see.

Not for the PSP In Japan the software:hardware ration even dropped below 1 for some time after the launch of the PSP 2000. But yeah, generally you're right.

Considering the pre-order figures and that fact that most are the 32 BG deluxe model, I'm not so certain a big portion of Wii U buyers this holiday are casual.

And to further that, The Wii is as casual as it gets and has practically the exact same software ratio as the PS3.  So the casual factor doesn't drop sales as much as people think.

Well, a hardware boost like that can definitely affect your attach ratio but that's like a launch all over again.

This also true for Vita.  But it's an outlier that was bolstered by numerous launch day bundles that were taken away a week or two later.   This set Vita up with the highest launch attach ratio in history.  But because consumers already had so many games at launch and then few games showed up after launch, it didn't have the normal organic increase typically found.

I'm assuming they got this information from the gamestop conference call earlier this morning. Ill wait for the official transcript and replay of that meeting to see what was really said.