Buying Games in Bulk?

[DarkNight_DS]

Kwaad said:

DKII said:
Well I only own 7 Wii games myself so I don't know why other people are buying what they are. I do know that when I had the PS2 I never really read anything online and ended up buying a lot of crap just based on the game synopsis or the box art or the description on the back. So I ended up with a lot of crap like Portal Runner and never even stumbled across R&C or MGS.

Well that is kinda my point. The people on here who DO read about the games on the internet, are the ones buying them all. Yes, attach rates are... abysmial in almost every region no-matter how you look at it. I mean the PS3 is doing horrible right now, but the PS3 has about 4 games now, and will have over 15 before 2008 starts. The PS3 is a failure in almost every standpoint when it comes to the consoles launch. Hardware(price) Software(quality/quanity) Press(Horrible). Yet it still can come close to rivaling the Wii Which has done great on all 3 of those. The 360 is just doing amazing in terms of attach rates.

Ok... I'll chime in... Kwaad... other's have already pointed out that you are in fact wrong about the attach rates for the Wii. The Wii is doing incredibly well for itself, look at the weekly synopsis and you'll see that. The Wii is selling faster then any other console and is beating the PS2's attach rate in the same duration of it's life. So I'm not exactly seeing your point. If you want to know why so many people are buying Wii games in droves... it's simple, some people love games, it doesn't matter what you or I say about a certain game, they will play it and love it. That's life...

The 360 is selling 1/2 as well as the Wii, it has seen 2 Christmas's already and is gearing up for it's third. The Wii and PS3 have only seen 1 Christmas so far, as you obviously know. The 360 is selling a lot of games to it's fanbase (which only slightly grows each month) hence the reason the attach rate seems great. Here's what matters most to anyone with any money devoted to the games industry. How many people can we target with our product and how much does it cost us to produce our product? If the Wii was selling 1/5th as many copies of a game as the PS3 or 360, it'd still be doing as well as the other versions money wise. So individual game sales don't matter as much if your game costs much less to make.

However, this is not an issue now... developers and producers are seeing good sales coupled with cheap dev costs... what more could they ask for?