Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December

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ferret1094 on 24 January 2008

From IGN:

Players bought eight games for every Wii sold in December. That number is better than Xbox 360 and PS3.

by Matt Casamassina

showUSloc=(checkLocale('uk')||checkLocale('au'));document.writeln(showUSloc ? 'US, ' : '');US, January 24, 2008 - If you're still under the impression that consumers are only buying Nintendo's new console for Wii Sports, perhaps the latest software to hardware tie ratio numbers from the NPD Group will change your mind. According to the software data tracking service, consumers purchased 8.11 games for every Wii console sold in December. This relates to 7.76 games for every Xbox 360 sold during the month and 5.04 games for every PlayStation 3 purchased in the same time frame.

Very strong sales of titles like Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Play, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Guitar Hero III and more contributed to Wii's high tie ratio.

While Nintendo's console certainly flourished in December, perhaps signaling the beginning of solid tie ratios to come, it should be noted that Wii's life-to-date software to hardware tie ratio is at 4.64, compared to 4.26 on PlayStation 3 (despite a much smaller installed base) and 7.0 on Xbox 360, according to NPD data.

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brute on 24 January 2008

that is an awesome attach rate

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Ishy on 24 January 2008

whoah... that's massive

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brute on 24 January 2008

Ishy said:
whoah... that's massive

i know that is so much

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NJ5 on 24 January 2008

This can't be true, since everyone on the internet knows for a fact that:

- Wii owners don't buy games...
- Oh wait, actually they don't buy non-Nintendo games...
- Oh wait, actually they don't buy non-Nintendo games except party games...
- Oh wait, actually they don't buy non-Nintendo games except party games and ports of last-gen games
- Oh wait, actually they don't buy non-Nintendo games except party games, ports of last-gen games and non-exclusive hardcore titles
- ...
- profit (you guess for whom)

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kirby007 on 24 January 2008

wii sports included?

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Fastrabbit09 on 24 January 2008

no, npd counts games sold

wii sports is included in wii, so isn't counted

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brute on 24 January 2008

kirby007 said:
wii sports included?

nope npd doesnt count it

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Sqrl on 24 January 2008

I'm waiting for the obligatory "ZOMG Wii play is counted!!!" post...surprised its not here yet.

@Topic,

That is a fantastic attach ratio for the month. And more importantly to the developers is the fact that not only is the Wii's ratio higher but so is its sellthrough which means that by pure volume its an even bigger gap.

After all why should devs care about anything but the number of people buying the games, they don't care about attach ratio.