Third Party Performance on Wii / PS3 / X360 / DS / PSP

[famousringo]

im_sneaky said:

famousringo said:

leo-j said:

remember nearly 70 MILLION of that software is wii sports though

I don't see the relevance.

Wiis bundled with Wii Sports have had a higher MSRP than those which do not. In other words, Nintendo got paid for Wii Sports whether it was a Japanese customer buying it seperately or an American customer buying it bundled.

The customer is still getting a game, and Nintendo is still getting money for it. 3rd party games bundled with the HD systems are treated the same and counted in that huge software total.

Yes but when it happens on as large a scale as it did for Wii sports, there is some significance. Personally, I played my Wii sports for like 20 minutes... and when I bought my Wii i didn't have a choice... every system came with it.

I won't deny that a bundled game sells better than a non-bundled game, I just don't see that it makes a difference how a game is sold. Same goes for copies of Kung Fu Panda bundled with a 360. The publisher got paid for that game, and the customer got a game. How much the customer wanted it and how much they played it are irrelevant, and the fact that Microsoft subsidized the transaction just means the cost will get passed down to the consumer somewhere else (console price, Xbox Live subscription, licensing fees for other games).

You did have a choice. You could refuse to buy the Wii. The fact that you felt the Wii was worth buying despite the extra money you paid to get a game you didn't want doesn't change the fact that you paid Nintendo money for the game. That's $30 you were giving Nintendo in the form of an increased Wii price that you couldn't give EA or Activision. Their loss, Nintendo's gain.