Wii Fit selling out in Japan

[tarheel91]

naznatips said:

Dodece said:
@fkusumot

You do from time to time bother reading oh I do not know the sales charts for the Wii. Notice anything striking about the top five games. No wait I don't want to ruin the surprise for you. Seriously this isn't the blue ocean its the wading pool. What your telling me that mini games are not the best selling genre on the console. What are your going to say they do not hold the top positions.

1. Wii Sports 12.45m
2. Wii Play 6.99m
3. Zelda Twilight Princess 3.88m
4. Mario Party 8 2.78m
5. Wario Ware Smooth Moves 2.00m

Seriously the console already has somewhat of a reputation. The fact that its living up to that reputation isn't going to help when it comes to getting complex, or more mature titles. Honestly I can only play so many compilations before I want a real game. I suppose if you get off on the though of an endless stream of compilations it sounds fantastic to you, but for me I want something challenging not mind numbing.

Basically its true and you know it. Crying about it doesn't change a thing.

I like how you only count Wii Sports when it helps you prove your point.  I also like how you showed the top 5 instead of the top 10, which shows very diverse software sales

	Wii Sports	Nintendo	2.23	6.70	3.52	12.45
	Wii Play	Nintendo	1.79	3.04	2.16	6.99
	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Nintendo	0.56	2.08	1.24	3.88
	Mario Party 8	Nintendo	0.91	1.46	0.41	2.78
	Wario Ware: Smooth Moves	Nintendo	0.54	0.76	0.70	2.00
	Super Mario Galaxy	Nintendo	0.38	1.11	0.39	1.88
	Super Paper Mario	Nintendo	0.52	0.84	0.34	1.70
	Rayman Raving Rabbids	Ubisoft	0.02	0.64	0.48	1.14
	Red Steel	Ubisoft	0.04	0.45	0.54	1.03
	Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition	Capcom	0.14	0.55	0.33	1.02
	Mario Strikers Charged	Nintendo	0.10	0.41	0.49	1.00

Let's see, that's:  5 party games, 1 FPS, 1 survival horror, 1 Platformer/RPG, 1 Platformer, 1 Action-Adventure, and 1 sports game.  Damn, if only Wii owners bought more than party games.  

No, no, no.  1 pack-in demo that's arguably more sports than party, 1 party game that comes with a Wiimote, 3 party games, and then the rest of that list.  The two top selling "party games" are having a lot of success thanks to their super low price points.  I really don't see what's bad with having party games in your top 10.  Party games are fun.  They have PARTY in their name.  Plus, they should still be fun and several (like RRB and WW) have better style and humor than a lot of nonparty games.  They appeal to both hardcore and casual so it makes sense that they should sell well.  However, simply because they're high up doesn't mean that's all there will eventually be.  People need variety.  Even if one of the three major fastfood burger places (McD's, Wendy's, and BK) were to take a commanding lead, neither of the other two would disappear because people don't want the same thing every time they need a fast burger.  The same applies to games.