Dispelling the myth that Wii did not move software

[Mr.Playstation]

Mandalore76 said:

Mr.Playstation said:

Let's remove those 80 million " out of the shipped total", ounce this is then the attach rate for the 3 7th generation home consoles become:

1. Wii: 8.51

2. Xbox 360: 11.22

3. Ps3: 10.57

( Therefore on average the wii sold 2 ( or more ) less games per unit when compared to the Ps3 and Xbox 360 ) While this by no means, means that the wii didn't move software it does mean that it sold a considerable smaller amount of units then the Ps3 and Xbox 360 which is worrying since these consoles had games which are always more expensive than Wii games even at launch.

Wait, I thought the knock on Nintendo consoles is that the price of the software remains high in the long run while the other console's titles get knocked down to bargain bin prices soon after release?

For first party Nintendo titles maybe but for third parties the opposite can be said. After all wasn't this thread based on this comment:

The Wii was an a atrocity to game developers and to the game industry in general, yes it sold like hell but to which audience ?, games weren't selling, only Marios and Pokemons were selling there, so selling millions Wii didn't mean nothing to the game industry, it actually was hurting"

Also it would be great for you to know that by removing the top 9 best selling Wii games ( all "Surprisingly" made by Nintendo ) you would be removing almost 1/3 of all Wii software sales. ( Software sales left=687.1million or 73.04% )