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Aielyn on 12 July 2014
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COX said:
Aielyn said:
COX said:
It's really amazing WII's numbers when you have a casual system seller like WII sport / WII Play  Vs no big game  :/ (Plus Mario party 8 which was launched that month)

Mario Party 8 and "teh cazualz" really doesn't explain Wii outselling PS4 by 150%. But thanks for playing.


Well It explains why there's a gap in software when you have lauched a new game in june and when you have two other games selling like hotcakes.  The hype about motion gaming + Wii Sport explains why there's a gap in hardware sales.

I am sure there's also a huge gap (Software/Hardware) between the first summer of the Ps1 and the WII but finally today the Ps1 is still ahead.

Wii Sports + Wii Play + Mario Party 8 explains 417,885 units of software. That still leaves 662k. Even if you drop Resident Evil 4 and Pokemon Battle Revolution, which were the two other top-selling Wii titles in that week, you still have 434k.

As for invoking "hype" to explain Wii sales... you seem to be ignoring the hype that was driving the launch PS4 sales, too. Hype is also known as "people want it". What is notable is that Wii hype remained for about two full years before even starting to weaken, whereas PS4 sales rate has dropped significantly over the last few months beyond the drop expected by the summer drought (consider that both XBO and Wii U have improved in that time).

As for comparing between PS1 and Wii... if you have any evidence for your claim, I'd be happy to see it.