| Pyro as Bill said: I'm going to define casual in this post as music games, sports games, movie/tv games. Games that non-gamers would recognise outside of gaming. Guitars, football, star wars etc. I've used the best sellers and the combined multi-platform sales are all above 2.5M. Guitar Hero 3 360 - 4.22M, PS3 - 1.89M, Wii - 4.19M Lego Indy 360 - 3.28M, PS3 - 0.52M, Wii - 1.18M Kung Fu Panda 360 - 2.86M, PS3 - 0.37M, Wii - 0.69M Marvel Ultimate Alliance 360 - 2.45M, PS3 - 0.27M, Wii - 0.35M Madden 08 360 - 2.41M, PS3 - 0.92M, Wii - 0.93M RockBand 360 - 2.30M, PS3 - 0.83M, Wii - 1.30M Madden 09 360 - 2.28M, PS3 - 1.58M, Wii - 0.84M Sega Superstar Tennis 360 - 1.98M, PS3 - 0.25M, Wii - 0.86M GuitarHero WT 360 - 1.95M, PS3 - 1.18M, Wii - 2.90M (Wii wins this one) Lego Star Wars 360 - 1.14M, PS3 - 0.69M, Wii - 2.53M (Wii wins this one too) Fifa 09 360 - 1.81M, PS3 - 2.14M, Wii - 0.64M (PS3 wins this one) Star Wars Unleashed 360 - 1.67M, PS3 - 1.16M, Wii - 1.24M
I was actually quite suprised by these numbers. Given the huge install base of the Wii I expected it to have much higher sales, especially for games aimed at children like Kung Fu Panda. Should 3rd parties consider keeping the casual games to the HD consoles? Does the Wii have more core gamers than 360/PS3? |
Based on the age groups who play the Wii, I wouldn't doubt the combined sales were low. Most of the Senior citizens who own the Wii are only playing Wii sports and things of that nature. Most of the people who have all the systems buy Rockband and Guitar Hero on the 360 anyway.
Why are you asking if the Wii has more core gamers than the PS3 and 360 when we're talking about casual games?
