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BKK2 on 11 August 2008

US Third Party Sales (NPD):

LTD:

360: 67,929,999
Wii: 33,394,311
PS3: 19,976,325

Since November 2006:

360: 54,065,728
Wii: 33,394,311
PS3: 19,976,325

Units/Title since November 2006:

360: 217,252
PS3: 156,065
Wii: 132,517 

LTD Attach rates:

360: 6.475
PS3: 4.112
Wii: 3.074

Microsoft: "The Wii third party game story is not a pretty one"

Microsoft has hit back at claims made by Nintendo that the Wii sells the most third party games, saying instead that it's Xbox 360 sells the most.

Last week, Nintendo of America's vice president of corporate affairs, Denise Kaigler, defended the Wii's third party sales saying, "We are selling third party games and they are doing very well, and better than our competitors."

But according to NPD information obtained from Microsoft by GamesIndustry.biz, that Nintendo claim appears to be wrong:

  • Total third party sales for the Xbox 360 since launch is currently 67,929,999 units, followed by the Wii at 33,394,311 units and the PlayStation 3 at 19,976,325 units.
  • Third party sales for the Xbox 360 since the launch of the Wii and PS3 is 54,065,728 units, still almost double the Wii's 33,394,311 units.
  • If you take the total number of units sold and divide that by the number of titles released since November 2006, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 are selling more units per title on average than the Wii. This puts the Xbox 360 at 217,252 units per title, the PS3 at 156,065 units and the Wii at 132,517 units.

"No matter how you slice it, the Wii third party game story is not a pretty one," commented David Dennis, group manager of corporate PR at Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business.

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Viper1 on 11 August 2008

We've been discussing this for several threads now.



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BKK2 on 11 August 2008

^ Not these figures.



TheSource on 11 August 2008

I don't really get how this even qualifies as spin.

Wii has had more games released in the USA than 360 has. But 360 still has the majority of 3rd party blockbusters.

Its something like 400 titles vs. 200 titles. So if the unit totals are similar, then its clear that beyond the shallow pool of blockbusters alot of 360 games sell like crap, while few Wii games do blockbuster numbers, but few sell like crap.

Its a shallow top vs. a wide middle. PS3 is sort of in between with a a modest bottom, middle and top.



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trestres on 11 August 2008

How can that ignorant guy David Dennis miss that the 360 had a year head start to sell more games. Gamers won't magically buy 50 games with their consoles.

Besides, it wasn't until just a month ago that Wii surpassed 360 install base in the US. That makes it up for the higher amount of games sold for the 360 during that period.

We also need to take into account that the only BIG releases were all 1st party offerings. Lazy 3rd party devs should start putting a bit more effort and more blockbuster hits into the Wii if they plan on selling more games.



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