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BMaker11 said:
mesoteto said:
wait the wi isnt supposed to move software ---;(

I don't think anyone ever said that the Wii actually couldn't move software...just that the only software it DOES move either has Wii in the name, involves Mario in it somehow, or it just a crappy 3rd party game....

And other than Guitar Hero...that pretty much does sum up the list.....

 

 

 

well at least now you guys are adding new exeptions, before the excuse was that only first party games were selling, now you added games involving mario name, crappy third party, and guitar hero, it seems that the exeption list is growing!

but wait where would you put Call of dutty Wii?? maybe add a new exeption??



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Attach rate will be an indicator to publishers as to where to focus their investments. Even if CoD:WaW makes money on Wii, the point of looking at the attach rate is realizing that there is more money to be made in other genres (like fitness) on the Wii.

Thus the investments get refocused into the more profitable areas, as opposed to the marginally profitable ones.  If you're a shooter fan, and you only own a Wii, this is probably bad news.  If you're a fan of popular Wii genres, or a Nintendo stockholder, this is good news in the long term (weeding out the genres that don't fit the demographics).



 

nicely done for wii and 360. just plain horrible for sony platforms.



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Tyrannical said:
Aiemond said:
So CoD WaW: Wii is selling more than all but one of the ps3 titles? I thought it was a colossal failure according to ps3 fans. So what does this mean for the rest of the ps3 software?

Using America numbers....

Cod:WAW PS3 1.53 M / 7.75M consoles = ~20% attach rate

CoD:WaW 360 3.35M / 16.22M consoles = ~21% attach rate

CoD:WaW Wii 0.63M / 20.99M consoles = ~ 3% attach rate

 

Sony fans can't make a claim like that.   They should look at their beloved PS2 for the reason why.

 

Hint: The software attach ratio per console was not very good.  Their best selling game has just a 13% attach ratio.

 



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The fact is that software on Wii is doing awesome in the West. Games of all genres, first and thirdparty are selling like crazy.

Sony on the other hand is really struggling to sell software on all their platforms. At least there are no titles for either PS3, PS2 or PSP to be found at the top 30 of January´s NPD (save for one or possibly two games).



Tyrannical said:
Aiemond said:

The problem is not just attatch rate. As systems sell more units attatch rates go naturally down. The problem is that it is low when the install base is so low.

 

 Attatch rates should go up over time as the average length of ownership increases.

 

We are talking per game since you were quoting the WaW attatch rates. As more systems sell, you have a higher proportion of systems that did not buy the game in question. With overall attatch rate you are right. But, again, we were not talking that and it is not what you quoted.

Now, for an attch rate of one game, publishers are caring more about total sales. If a system sells 1 million copies and has an attach rate of 10% is it better than one that sells 2 million copies with an attatch rate of 5%? The answer is no. And for deciding what to develop, you need to have variety. You can't make a fitness or mini game every release. All the minigames are not selling, only some are. If they were the magic cure all we would not have this disaster because the companies would not be in financial trouble. Basically, we have no reason to believe that the same types of games will not sell at all on the wii. No company has had the courage to do so because the developers are more interested in comparing their dick size by using their shiny HD projects. And, the companies that have made the effort are rewarded. NMH has sold more than any other suda games, even the ones on the ps2. Red Steel sold pretty well. WaW has not sold as much as on the other systems, but enough to make a good amount of money, especially for a game that was made popular by HD consoles. So, there is no more reason to make just another fitness game.

 



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