PDF said:
Wii sports are not bought by true sport gamers. They are bought by the new market. However Wiisports and Wiiplay sales can both be explained. Simple, they were bundled. Wii sports came with the wii and was that fun party game that attacts the new audience to the wii. Wii play comes with another controller, of course people would buy it because it also is another cheap part type game. The only shot at the Wii passing the PS3 is buy having the new market larger than that core Sport/FPS market. There is no real proof on either side to say it is smaller or larger. I just think it is smaller imo. |
What prrof do you have? Its current sales rate shows that its probably larger, much larger, not to mention that while Wii Sports is a bundled game, for many it is a huge draw for the system in fact even in Japan, where its not bundled it still sells very well.
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)