Not including Handhelds dudes..
Stop drinking the cool-aid, Cap'n. PS2 was notoriously hard to develop for, and Wii software sells just fine.
Week of Wii Software Market Share
Apr 4 42.3%
Mar 28 38.1%
Mar 21 45.1%
Mar 14 58.2%
Mar 7 33.0%
Feb 29 45.5%
Feb 22 43.9%
Feb 15 40.3%
Feb 8 45.4%
Feb 1 53.8%
Notice how Wii's software marketshare hovers around the Wii's hardware market share? This pattern held for the entire holiday season for all consoles. Install base is the single most important factor in software sales.
So if the Wii moves as many hardware units as the PS2 and remains supported in the market for as long as the PS2 has, it may very well sell more software.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.
| famousringo said: Stop drinking the cool-aid, Cap'n. PS2 was notoriously hard to develop for, and Wii software sells just fine. Week of Wii Software Market Share Apr 4 42.3% Mar 28 38.1% Mar 21 45.1% Mar 14 58.2% Mar 7 33.0% Feb 29 45.5% Feb 22 43.9% Feb 15 40.3% Feb 8 45.4% Feb 1 53.8% Notice how Wii's software marketshare hovers around the Wii's hardware market share? This pattern held for the entire holiday season for all consoles. Install base is the single most important factor in software sales. So if the Wii moves as many hardware units as the PS2 and remains supported in the market for as long as the PS2 has, it may very well sell more software. |
Yeah, most people don't understand that although the attach rates for the PS3 and XBox 360 may be higher they are not enough higher to make an impact on total hardware sales. As an example, suppose the XBox 360 and PS3 have an attach rate of 12 games per system whereas the Wii only has 10 games per system, also suppose the Wii sells 100 Million pieces of hardware while the PS3 and XBox 360 only sell 50 Million pieces of hardware each; in the end the Wii will have still sold 1 Billion pieces of software compared to the PS3/XBox 360s 600 Million pieces of software.
Nothing will ever beat the PS2 in sold software, the PS2 has sold about as much software as every single gameboy game ever made, going from the first one to the DS.
| Griffin said: Nothing will ever beat the PS2 in sold software, the PS2 has sold about as much software as every single gameboy game ever made, going from the first one to the DS. |
Do you know how many units of software the PS2 has sold?
Serious question. I know the numbers from this site are far from complete, and I know it's still moving a lot of discs, anyway, but I'd love to know.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.
| Griffin said: Nothing will ever beat the PS2 in sold software, the PS2 has sold about as much software as every single gameboy game ever made, going from the first one to the DS. |
Proof or troll...
On topic Wii could top the PS2 but really depend on thegood third party support...
By me:
| CaptainPrefrences said: I dont think any of these current gen consoles can. The xbox 360 looks to be running out of games. Most wii owners are casual gamers that dont really buy more than 3 games. PS3 will never get to 90 million consoles sold so I dont think a system with a smaller userbase can sell more software than the ps2.
why did the ps2 have great 3rd,1st, and 2nd party support? I think it was because it was easy to develop for, and it had a much bigger userbase which was a good oppurtunity for developers to make games that can appeal to everyone. |
So were most PS2 owners.
lots of people bought the PS2 as a cheap DVD player....
and do you count WiiWare and Virtual console as software?? if so, Wii won't have any trouble to beat anything you want.
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