Multiplatform casual games sell more on HD than Wii

[steven787]

twesterm said:

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?

I can understand calling sports games casual games and I completely agree calling music games casual, but those others just aren't.  You can call them that because you don't play them, but that doesn't make them casual.

 

 

You have to remember that MUA was a launch game for Wii, the 360 install base was 90% or more.  Lego Star Wars is LSW: the Complete Saga (TCS) which was a repackage of LSW 1 (VG) and 2 (OT) which was already out on PS2 (3.32m and 2.37m), PC, and 360 (.88m) plus TCS was on DS (2.57m) and PC.

Star Wars the Force Unleashed was prettier on 360 and PS3, that is why it sold more.  It was a very good looking game.  I ended up with the better Wii version after rental of the PS3 version.  if I hadn't rented it first, I would have bought it on PS3.

Lego Indy and Kung Fu Panda were pack ins with the 360.

Edit: Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga was a pack in too...