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Forums - Sales Discussion - wiifit : chance it is a fad grows bigger

NJ5 on 17 June 2008

What kind of legs did you expect for this game? Have you ever seen a game selling extremely high numbers for months?

No... having legs means sustained but moderate weekly sales. The drop-off you're seeing is just the process of getting to that moderate sales level.



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Kenology on 17 June 2008

OP: This doom and gloom is totally unwarranted. The game is clearly supply constrained. Not to mention, this game will be/has been the epitome of legs.



BengaBenga on 17 June 2008
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misteromar mk4 on 17 June 2008

Dont matter if its a fad when its already sold 5 million copies. They made a shit load of cash and can move onto to the next "fad".

By the same reasoning GTA4 was a fad.



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dib8rman on 17 June 2008

I'm going to say, supply - if your going to compare Wiifit you need to compare it to hardware not software.



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tarheel91 on 17 June 2008
FishyJoe said:
http://wiitracker.com/wiifit/

That says it all.

 

6/12 3:01 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - Sold Out
6/12 2:51 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - In Stock

6/12 2:31 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - Sold Out
6/12 2:21 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - In Stock

6/09 8:01 AM PDT - BestBuy.com Wii Fit with Wii Balance Board for $90 - Sold Out
6/09 7:51 AM PDT - BestBuy.com Wii Fit with Wii Balance Board for $90 - In Stock

6/06 5:51 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - Sold Out
6/06 5:21 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - In Stock

6/06 3:01 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - Sold Out
6/06 2:51 PM PDT - SamsClub.com Wii Fit w/ Balance Board for $90 - In Stock

I don't know what you're talking about.  Sam's Club second shipment lasted for thirty minutes.



TruckOSaurus on 17 June 2008

What you have to understand is that on it's third week in Japan Nintendo had only Japan to supply but on it's third week in America, Wii Fit was out in every region so they had to supply a bit to everyone worldwide which easily explains why stock is so low.



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Hawkeye on 17 June 2008

Supply constrained. Also, keep and mind that 10 years ago, Pokemon was being called a fad. 10 years later, how much has the recent pokemon Diamond/pearl sold?



playnext3 on 17 June 2008

suppy



scottie on 17 June 2008
Brainslug said:
It's simple math time!!!

If you produce 150 000 copies of a game a week but only sell in one conutry how many copies of the game are you selling per week in that country?

Now if you produce 150 000 copies of the same game and sell it to 3 different regions - How many copies of the game are you selling per region per week?

Anybody?

 

Ooh, I know this one, it's 450,000! :P

 

1) Supply Constrained

2) 4.7 million is alot of games, especially considering it's an expensive peripheral game, and it is new IP as opposed to a franchise

3) As more games are announced/released that support the balance board its popularity will increase