WW UP (16th July 2011)

[Michael-5]

Yakuzaice said:

Michael-5 said:

Yakuzaice said:

Michael-5 said:
How can Wii be selling 120k this week, but Wii Sports Resorts only sell 74k? Wii Sports Resorts is bundled with essentially every Wii (except old inventory from over a year ago) in every region except Japan, which only recently started getting Wii's bundled with the game. This makes no sense, something isn't being tracked right... Even if you add Mario Kart and Wii Sports, you only get 122k in sales, does that imply no one bought Mario Kart, or Wii Sports off the shelf? I doubt that since Mario Kart was still a 20-30k weekly selling games.

Mario Kart plus Wii Sports is over 142k not 122k.

68k + 54k = 122k

Check your math.

If game sales are accurate, Wii sales are inflated. If Wii sales are accurate, Game sales are underestimated. Something just isn't adding up.

I meant Resort.  The Wii hardware in Japan includes Resort but not Wii Sports.  I don't know whether that is true in Korea as well, but in the past they didn't have Wii Sports bundled, same as Japan.

Yes, but Wii Sports Resorts numbers also add to this arguement. Wii Sports Resorts is bundled on every Wii in North America and Europe, and most of the EMEAA. It is now also bundled in Japan, so how can a game, which is bundled on at very least 85% of consoles sold, only selling about 55% as many units as systems?

I added Wii Sports and Mario Kart Wii because they are bundled with two different Wii systems outside of Japan, and some asian countries (like Korea). Wii Sports being the old inventory bundle, and Mario Kart the new one. If the sales of those games combined, just barely passes te number of Wii figures sold outside Japan, something is amiss. Mario Kart Wii was a 25k selling game prior to bundling, and I bet Wii Sports is probably selling moderatly well to new console buyers.

I personally feel software is under estimated for the Wii, Wii Sports Resorts to Wii console sales ratios were a lot closer in the past.