America numbers up!

[Gnizmo]

fastyxx said:

 So what games are they?  That's what I am asking.  Even Madden only sold like 350k or something.  And yes, one million is an arbitrary number, but it's just the common one.  Pick another that works for you.  One in 16 isn't a huge attach rate to get to a million for a good game.

 What is the source for this?  Is it on here?  I believe you.  I just want to read it.  I am also surprised by how low the PS3 number is, but the Ps3 still sold double the software per console this week.

 Well obviously there are more worldwide million sellers.  I am talking about America.  Everyone I know with a Wii plays the same five games.  The number is just low overall, including first party games. 

I'm really not trying to bash the Wii - it's just that the software numbers seem awfully low lately, including first party.  I can't believe I'm the only one who fins it odd that there is such momentum for the console and so little momentum for its games.  That's not weird?  Are people just buying used or renting?

 

 The source is NPD. I have looked around for the most recent article, but both Joystiq's and Vgchartz search engine sucks ass. I will provide the link for a similar article for the first 19 months that shows the trend that continues on into the 23rd at the bottom of this post.

 I really couldn't tell you what games they are playing without doign way more research than I want to do right now. I can only safely say it because of the other data that exists. The Wii is moving software at a faster pace than either of the competitors so there must be some games being sold. The anecdotal evidence you have is just not a very good indicator of the overall market. No one sample is ever likely to be trly representative. Although the average attach ratio for the Wii is 5.3 in America, but this does not include Wii Sports/Play as it is also from NPD.

Link as promised: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=37187