Within the next few months, Wii Sports will be the best selling game ever

[donathos]

Bitmap Frogs said:

*~Onna76~* said:
For the million times, Wii Sports shouldn't be counted with software as its bundled with the Wii "ever" since the release of the Wii. A lot of charts don't even count Wii Sports with it.

 

While the bundled argument has some merit (after all, Nintendo is essentually imposing the Wii Sports tax to every non-japenese customer), if I recall the Wii in Japan is 50$ cheaper, so effectively every bundled Wii Sports sale is a sale in its strictest term. AKA they aren't giving it away for free or extremely discounted which is what happens to most bundled games.

 

I think this is a good point.

Essentially, Nintendo is forcing non-Japanese customers to buy a copy of Wii Sports if they want to purchase a Wii (sort-of like how some retail outlets force their customers to buy additional retail games in store-only bundles).

Whether that's a good or bad tactic on Nintendo's part, 1) it has been successful, and 2) it shouldn't take away from the fact that all of those people put down $50 extra dollars and walked away with a copy of a video game.  Sounds like a sale to me.