When will 3rd parties take the Wii seriously?

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krik said:

Yojimbo said:

leo-j said:
They will never take the wii seriously, look at the 3rd party attach rate on the wii compared to the ps3.

PS3 does not have good attach rate.

 

 Says who? If we get the last 2 big third party games AC and Cod4 we see that AC sold:

 360 = 1,940K and the PS3 = 1,130K

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Assassins+Creed+-+X360®2=All&game2=Assassins+Creed+-+PS3®3=All&game3=&weeks=100

 and CoD4 sold:

360 = 2,251K and the PS3 = 1,010K

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Call+of+Duty+4%3A+Modern+Warfare+-+X360®2=All&game2=Call+of+Duty+4%3A+Modern+Warfare+-+PS3®3=All&game3=&weeks=100 

 Now, if we look at the last big first party titles (Mass Effect and Uncharted), we get:

ME = 810K

Uncharted = 409K 

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Mass+Effect+-+X360®2=All&game2=Uncharted%3A+Drakes+Fortune+-+PS3®3=All&game3=&weeks=100 

 Since 360 has about 2x the user base of the PS3 this numbers show about the same attach rate. So I'm not sure where you getting your numbers from, but it surely can't be from VGC.

 

Let's look at the top 5 third party publishers performance on the PS3:

EA

Name	Yearly
Madden NFL 08	559,631
Fight Night Round 3	265,533
Need for Speed: Carbon	264,786
NCAA Football 08	256,859
Madden NFL 07	214,642
Need for Speed: ProStreet	190,703
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07	158,737
NBA Live 08	123,008
The Godfather: Dons Edition	118,068
Skate	111,376
FIFA 08	107,998
Def Jam Icon	104,610
NASCAR 08	87,000
NBA Street Homecourt	83,091
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08	66,881
The Simpsons Game	66,635
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	55,368
NHL 08	54,307
Medal of Honor: Airborne	44,250
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box	36,490
NCAA March Madness 08	5,384

Activision

Name	Yearly
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	581,448
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	327,542
Spiderman: The Movie 3	212,705
Call of Duty 3	187,641
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	105,268
Transformers The Game	100,118
Tony Hawk Project 8	68,138
Tony Hawk Proving Ground	66,729
World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets	17,500
Soldier of Fortune: Payback	15,596

Ubisoft

Name	Yearly
Assassins Creed	490,092
Tom Clancy Rainbow Six: Vegas	224,224
Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	130,178
Enchanted Arms	104,745
Tom Clancy Splinter Cell: Double Agent	101,932
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII	96,082
Beowolf: The Game	34,699
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII	26,039
Surfs Up	9,236

Take 2

Name	Yearly
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	321,708
Major League Baseball 2K7	186,678
NBA 2K8	171,475
The Darkness	162,376
NBA 2K7	150,773
The Bigs	76,781
College Hoops 2K7	72,317
All Pro Football 2K8	57,134
NHL 2K7	44,490
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	43,807
College Hoops 2K8	24,979
NHL 2K8	22,020
Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles	13,859

THQ

Name	Yearly
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008	144,141
Stuntman Ignition	49,664
Conan	47,284
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights	26,738
Ratatouille	25,805
Cars: Mater-National	13,010

 

 

Being that publishers have claimed that they need sales of 500,000 units to break even on PS3 development I'm certain that they're really happy they have lost a ton of money on 90% of PS3 games ...