Wii Balance Board has almost outsold PS3, says Nintendo

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noname2200 said:

MasterZack said:
The Balance Board will stop selling at one point, the PS3 will follow his life.

Are we completely sure about that? I mean obviously it has to die down at some point, market saturation being what it is, but what makes us think that will be anytime soon? It's Japanese anniversary has come and gone and it's still chugging along over there: in the U.S. it's doing better now than it did in its debut months.

And remember that so far the only way to get a copy is to purchase Wii Fit: sooner or later you'll be able to buy the Balance Board by itself for use in other titles. Plus, I'd be surprised if Nintendo, after pimping the thing at its keynote speech just yesterday, doesn't have more Balance Board games coming itself.

 

 

 

 Well, essentially, games live on buzz. So before the DS, games died of fast. Adds were on the air for tops a month, and then they stopped advertising. By 3 months, there was (generally) a game in the same genre of the same quality out. But, it was newer, so a shopkeep would rather offer you this game than the older one.

 

That's not happening to Wii Fit. I still see adds for it. Sure, it's total add time here in the freezing norths might not be bigger than the LBP total time, but it's been there steadily for over half a year now. Advertising wise, it might be better advertised than the Ps3. I wouldn't know though, as the adverts I see are all in a minor country.

 

So in that aspect, Wii Fit isn't a game.

 

Additionally, there's the balance board, as you mentioned. I'm not sure if you will ever be able to buy it standalone. (I doubt it).

 

Then there's another thing.

 

Even if Wii Fit dies of before the Ps3... Could it have a big enough gap?

 

Let's have a regional breakdown for the year.

 

Japan:

Wii Fit: 281K

Ps3: 330K

 

Others:

Wii Fit: 1357K

Ps3: 923K

 

Americas:

Wii Fit: 2241K

Ps3: 795K

 

Total:

Wii Fit: 3879K

Ps3: 2048K

 

Difference: 1831K

Weekly difference: 166K

 

 

And of course, the LTD (just for reference, nobody posted it).

Wii Fit: 17570K

Ps3: 21401K

Difference: 3831K

 

That's less than 4M.

 

 

Fun fact:

 

People talk about the Ps3 tracking above the X360. Let's check this out with Wii Fit.

 

48 weeks in Others:

Wii Fit: 7089K

Wii: 3816K

Ps3: 1779K

X360: 1759K

 

44 weeks in Americas

Wii Fit: 7174K

Wii: 5128K

Ps3: 2027K

X360: 2867K

 

And finally, 69 weeks in Japan

Wii Fit: 3306K

Wii: 5660K

Ps3: 1973K

X360: 367K

 

Total:

Wii Fit: 17569K

Wii: 14604K

Ps3: 5779K

X360: 4993K