Jumpin said:
curl-6 said:
Stuff like PS Move Sports did not significantly hurt Wii sales. It was a matter of software; 2006-2010 had strong software, 2011-2012 didn't.
Nintendo of America is definitely to blame for how horrendously they handled those last two years in the system's biggest market, yes. But even in PAL, while there were some choice picks for a gamer like myself, there still wasn't the kind of software strong enough to drive hardware momentum.
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To support Curl's point: https://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/40909/Global/ - this is for the week ending December 31st, 2011
| Pos |
Game |
Weekly |
Total |
Week # |
| 1 |
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562,447 |
7,164,411 |
13 |
While conceivably it did have some impact, the Wii version of Just Dance 3 had very strong sales that year, selling around 150% better than the sales of Just Dance 2 in 2010, which released 12 weeks before the end of the year. Just Dance 3 on Wii would go on to become the highest selling release in franchise history at over 10 million units on Wii alone; it sold 2 million on Xbox 360 and 630K on PS3, which, while decent, don't seem to be impacting the Wii even though 2011 marked a massive decline over 2010. As a note, Just Dance 4 also did really well on the Wii, selling close to 7 million units - this also indicates that Nintendo, had they kept supporting the console, could have seen more games sell in the tens of millions because if Ubisoft can get up there, surely Nintendo could do better.
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Just Dance was a pretty massive franchise at that time, you can't just say "well Nintendo could do better" ... Just Dance outsold Zelda: Skyward Sword, on par with Super Mario Galaxy 2, above Wii Music, above Animal Crossing (lol). It's probably part of the reason NOA got so arrogant ... why bother with Xenoblade and Fatal Frame when you can just sit back and let Just Dance sell to casuals.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 09 August 2020
