| HappySqurriel said: Madden 2008 sold 74,421 in week 1 on the Wii, and has sold (roughly) 790,000 LTD for a ratio of 10.5 to 1 Madden 2008 sold 491,763 in week 1 on the PS2, and has sold (roughly) 2,170,000 LTD for a ratio of 4,41 to 1 Madden 2008 sold 244,830 in week 1 on the PS3, and has sold (roughly) 850,000 LTD for a ratio of 3.47 to 1 Madden 2008 sold 711,258 in week 1 on the XBox 360, and has sold (roughly) 2,300,000 LTD for a ratio of 3.25 to 1
Now, I could be wrong but I suspect that the people who are/were die-hard Madden fans upgraded to the XBox 360 because it offered the conventional Madden experience they loved with improvements, like better visuals and online gameplay. In contrast I think that the Wii sales demonstrate that the Wii sells Madden over time in part because the more 'Casual' Madden fan (for lack of a better term) will buy the newest version of Madden when they buy a new console, or will buy the newest version if it has enough improvements when they get around to it. I wouldn't expect madden 2009 to sell 10 times as many copies as it sold on its first week, but I wouldn't be that surprised to see it in the 5 to 8 times range; or (to put it another way) to have lifetime sales in the 800,000 to 1.2 Million range. |
Yup, I came up with similar numbers in another thread; specifically that first week sales represented ~30% of total sales on the HD consoles for NFL 08 and only represented~10% of total sales on the Wii. As a consequence I predicted the Wii would end up passing the PS3 version by next year.
I'm interested, why do you think that the wii version won't have similar legs (percentage or ratio wise) as last years? Personally I think that once casual gamers/football fans actually see or hear about Call Your Shot, then they will pick it up. Wii games thrive on good on word of mouth...
