| Mummelmann said: If Black Wii in the Americas and EMEEA and Super Mario Galaxy 2 did nothing to bump hardware, I somehow doubt that any of these titles will in a significant manner. If anything, the game to actually make an impact on hardware will Zelda Wii imo, and that's not until 2011. This far into console cycles, it takes a lot more for games to have much of an effect on hardware sales. |
I wasn't expecting SMG 2 to kickstart hardware sales for the fact that most people that bought it already owned a Wii for SMG 1.
Black Wii Bundle has, in fact, pushed hardware sales. Did you take a look at May and June's NPD numbers? They are not amazing numbers, but they are sustaining pretty well.
Zelda Wii, like SMG2, will not have that big of an effect on hardware sales. We've already had a Zelda game on the Wii. The only way is if the game is a complete departure from the current formula and attracts different markets.
Really, there was no game revealed at e3 that seemed like a giant hardware seller. Wii Party is the biggest thing, but then again many people that buy this game will already own a Wii for the countless party games that already exist on the system.
The only thing that seemed like it had a chance of selling hardware was Wii Relax, if it ever gets released. Wii Relax is completely opposite to Wii Fit or any other game out there. It may look like an odd, crazy thing to us, but to people with stressful jobs or others that even just want to measure their heart rate, it is something that could be appealing. If it does come out and sells well, it will be the key to propelling Wii to a second "peak".
