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scottie on 09 July 2009
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Squilliam said:
scottie said:
Or it could simply be the relative failure of Wii Music and Animal Crossing, coupled with the delay in the launch of WM+ (and therefore WSR) meaning that the Wii has gone a long time without any huge games. Luckily, we have WSR, MH3, Wii Fit +, NSMB:Wii all coming before Christmas.

The Wii is fine, get over it

With WSR the Wii is still lower than any point in 2008 in Japan and its still significantly down YOY when compared to the same point last year. Why would Wii Fit+ which is even less of an improvement and more like an expansion pack for the title do much better? MH3 is big just inside Japan and NSMB caters specifically to the Nintendo audience that are already big fans of Mario, why would that have a significant effect? Tell me, why any game aside from MH3 alone improve Wii sales significantly when they are directly applicable to mainly people who already have the console?

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=Japan&cons2=PS3&reg2=Japan&cons3=X360&reg3=Japan&start=39264&end=39999

Theres Japan for a years weekly sales.

 

Hardware sales were not boosted much (ie only about doubled) by WSR in Japan because there is an upcoming hardware bundle with MH3 and new colour for the Wii. This is not true worldwide so WSR should have more of an effect when it releases in the West

 

MH3, black wii and hardware bundle will be huge in Japan

 

WF+ will indeed not have too much impact on hardware, but it can't be discounted either

 

NSMB:Wii will have a huge hardware boost, especially in Japan. Compare sales of Galaxy to NSMB:DS. It is not true to say that this is mainly for people who own the Wii

 

Also, the Wii has still not had a price cut. Once it hits the so called magical $200 price point, sales will dramatically increase.