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damkira on 14 December 2007
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Peter Potamus said:
damkira said:
Peter Potamus said:
Let me ask all of you a question, of the 14 million + Wii owners, how many do you think owned a GC?

Now to use attach ratios from a GC game when you know that the Wii's current install base is entirely different makes no sense.

A great deal of Wii owners are long-time Nintendo fans, plus Nintendo has expanded upon their base by marketing the Wii as a multi-player/party game system. Mario Kart and Smash Brothers have consistently been Nintendo's most-reknowned party games, and with the expansion of the fan base, will both see a huge increase in sales from their last iterations. I don't see why you don't think this will happen.

Yes, Gran Turismo 5 will sell well, but it won't beat either MK or GT4. Sony has pulled out pretty much all the stops for the PS3 and its still not selling well compared to the Wii. While it is true that sales from Motorstorm have greatly increased from pack-ins, no PS3 games (except Resistance) have shown sustained sales for a long period of time.


All I said was to think that using attach rates of GC games when the Wii has a very different install base makes no sense. I never said the games to sell well, but to assume that these games will have better legs than a Grand Theft Auto and a Gran Turismo is doubtful. If a Mario Party game hit after a Mario Kart or a SSBB, do you think that they both would sell well, or will the consumer pick up a Mario Party game and completely ignore a MK or SSBB?


 It remains to be seen.. I don't believe the game sales comparison section on this website is completely working yet but I think you will notice that PS3 games tend to drop very quickly after they debut. True, GT5 will outsell any of the currently released ps3 games but the pattern here is pretty clear.

 Mario Party 8 is a perfect example of many Wii games showing excellent legs. Would it still sell well if it were released alongside MK or SSBB? I think so.  In fact, if you look at last week's chart for Others, MP8 is selling nearly the same as Super Mario Galaxy, despite SMG only being out for a month and arguably a much better game. This further illustrates several of my points.