Oyvoyvoyv said:
Ail said:
3rd huge multiplatform release in a row where the Wii fails to have sales in relation to the marketshare it holds.
First was Madden, second FU, third Fifa.( say what you want, when you have a 50% marketshare it be nice to get at least 40%+ software share on multiplat titles and the 'legs' argument is getting old, Fifa is gonna need legs that last past the next Fifa release to get the Fifa Wii above 40% marketshare...
Wii is shaping less and less to be the a generation winner the way the PS2 was ( multiplatform titles on PS2 destroyed the others platforms..).
Either or a lot of the core gamer owning a Wii own a HD console too and buy those titles on their HD consoles ( possible but doubtfull..) or the Wii owners just don't like traditional sports games..
Revenue generated by Fifa09 in Week 1 :
PS3 : 388 472 * 60 = 23 Million euros
Xbox360 : 310 624 * 60 = 18.6 million euros
Wii : 35710 *45 = 1.6 million Euros
PS2 : 124325 * 35 = 4.3 million Euros.
Wii revenue share : 3.3%
Wii market share in Others : 43.2%
And then some people complain about third party lack of enthusiasm for the platform..
So far it still seems that not all games do well on the Wii..
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Just before I start, your argument is completely flawed. Whether it wins on multiplat titles or not doesn't matter. The Wii is shaping up to have roughly as high software sales as Ps2, and same for hardware. It will win in profit, and probably revenue, but lose in market share - but honestly, who cares about that.
How third party sales are, doesn't really matter a lot, but still, that's what my post will be about.
(I wrote the rest before the above 2 paragraphs)
We know that not all games do well on Wii. But no console can say that all games have done good on them. I believe Wii has an awesome share of games that went with profit, but I cannot prove that.
Remember that the developers (or publishers) don't care about the revenue, and for copies sold matter more than revenue. Revenue is kinda meaningless.
Another way of looking at what you said:
Third party software sold (roughly) in Others, in 2008.
Wii:
Total software: 29.7M
Third party: 9.6M
Third party AR: 0.83
Revenue market share: 23.5%
Hardware market share: 43.2%
Ps3:
Total software: 18M
Third party: 14M
Third party AR: 1.91
Revenue market share: 41.1%
Hardware market share: 27.5%
X360:
Total software: 14M
Third party: 12M
Third party AR: 1.54
Revenue market share: 35.3%
Hardware market share: 29.1%
So for third parties, the Ps3 and X360 are beating the Wii with ease.
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