| thx1139 said: Out of the 9,384,664 pieces of software for the Wii 2.2 million of them were bundled with a Wii console and resulted in $0.00 additional revenue. Last year out of the 10,055,875 pieces of software for the Wii 1.46 million of them were bundled with a Wii console and resulted in $0.00 additional revenue. |
That's a point of view, but the issue may be more complex than you seem to be allowing for. Originally the Wii came with just Wii Sports in the west - later WSR was added in place of dropping the price of the Wii (some 3 years after the console's release). This year alternatives to the WSR package have been offered and, as far as I'm aware, the official price of the Wii remains pretty close to its original RRP (though obviously different sellers are offering different discounts) - certainly a lot closer than one would expect for a four-year-old console with virtually a nine-year-old engine. Without these games bulking the Wii package, Nintendo would not be charging as much for the machines as they are. Looked at this way, these games are adding additional revenue because:
1) buyers are paying for the games (since without them the package they are purchasing would be cheaper)
2) the inclusion of certain games in the Wii box may well be what is enticing some customers to actually buy the console, which Nintendo sells at a (by now probably considerable) profit.
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