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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan: Wii Sports 3 million sold - 50% attach rate

Viper1 on 30 May 2008

http://wii.ign.com/articles/878/878096p1.html

 

Media Create numbers shows that Wii Sports has crossed 3 million sold in Japan.  Remember that it isn't bundled there like the rest of the world.  They also note the Wii is over 6 million units sold making Wii Sports owned by ~50% of the install base in Japan.

Of course VGC numbers reflect this instance perfectly with 6.12 million Wii's and 3.05 million Wii Sports in Japan.

Even though it's just oen terrirtory,  I don't think there has ever been a piece of software sell at a 2:1 rate with the hardware or at least for this long post launch.

 

Nintendo's surpsingly deep tech/game demo has shown that even without the pack in status, it is truly THE software giant.



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colonelstubbs on 30 May 2008

How much does it retail for in Japan? It surely isnt a full price release



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superchunk on 30 May 2008

Actually I think others have shown that it is full price in Japan.



brute on 30 May 2008

yeah and its still selling around 25% of wiis,it will have an awesome attach rate in japan even though wiis userbase will be huge



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trestres on 30 May 2008

Why does that matter, colonel? The fact is that Wii sports IS a system seller, and a great revolutionary title.

It's like saying GT5P sales don't count.



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DMeisterJ on 30 May 2008

Nice attach rate.

Verrry nice indeed.



BrainBoxLtd on 30 May 2008
colonelstubbs said:
How much does it retail for in Japan? It surely isnt a full price release

 Amazon/jp lists it for ￥4000 marked down from ￥4800. Kinda hard to tell but it looks like a lot of Wii games start at around ￥5800 or ￥6800 on Amazon there.



colonelstubbs on 30 May 2008
trestres said:
Why does that matter, colonel? The fact is that Wii sports IS a system seller, and a great revolutionary title.

It's like saying GT5P sales don't count.

Ummmm when did i say the sales dont count...?

the point i was making was that if they are paying full price for it, then holy cow thats amazing for such a limited game. If its being sold for a lot less than normal releases, that would explain the sales.

Not need to get upset and start having a paddy



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trestres on 30 May 2008

@Colonel: You just proved my point. Price isn't important, the key is that sold systems.



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Viper1 on 30 May 2008
colonelstubbs said:
trestres said:
Why does that matter, colonel? The fact is that Wii sports IS a system seller, and a great revolutionary title.

It's like saying GT5P sales don't count.

Ummmm when did i say the sales dont count...?

the point i was making was that if they are paying full price for it, then holy cow thats amazing for such a limited game. If its being sold for a lot less than normal releases, that would explain the sales.

Not need to get upset and start having a paddy

Still wouldn't because no boxed retail game, regardless of retail price, has had this kind of attach rate.

 



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