A friend visiting my house a few days ago pointed out how weak my Wii game collection was compared to the collections for the rest of the consoles I own. I agreed with her and pointed out that I was a bit behind in my purchases. It seems that my collection might be stronger had I purchased my Wii console in December of 2007.
Wii owners purchased 8.1 games for every system sold in the month of December according to NPD data. This great attach rate just barely beats out Xbox 360's figure of 7.8. The PS3 trailed with 5 games per console.
According to GamePro, the Xbox 360 leads with a lifetime attach rate of 7 games per system, while the Wii and PS3 follow with 4.6 and 4.3 respectively.
Over 8 games per system? Christmas season or not, that's an impressive number. We know that Super Mario Galaxy is included in that figure, but what else do you think made the list?
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5:32 PM on 01.28.2008
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As a side note, they were the first new games I got for my Wii since I picked up Scarface alongside my Wii. Hmm, maybe Nintendo has some data on THAT shit.
Unless they count Virtual Console games, I only have two. I'm below average. :(
Minus the PS2 game, obviously.
Anyway, considering the bulk of the annual software sales happen at this time of year, this should help to dispel the myth that people aren't buying software for the Wii, then again fanboys will find a way to make it seem unimportant I'm sure. Lets see if they can keep up the competitive attach rates in the months to come.
Mario Galaxy
Zack and Wiki
Resident Evil 4 Wii
Resident Evil UC
Elebits(I hate it)
WarioWare
I feel like something is missing. I honestly can't remember if I own any others. I think I do though, but it was probably so unmemorable that I can't think of it.
RE4 remake
Resident Evil-Rail shooter one
Zelda
Super Mario Party Crazy Infinity Loop Extreme 18
Metal Slug collection
^_^
Tenkaichi 2, Twilight Princess, and UR MR GAY.
The time of the casual gamer is now, I suppose...
What the data is more likely saying is that if everyone who had wanted a Wii for Christmas had been able to get one, the attach rate would have been much lower. But during the busy holiday season, Wii systems were supply-constrained while Wii games were not.
Still, that number seems WAY, WAY high.
The only games I bought in 2007 were Metroid Prime 3 and Super Mario Galaxy.
I'm going to try and get No More Heroes tomorrow. However,every store I have been two in the last week either had no copies or are still waiting for their first shipment to arrive.So frustrating. :/
I plan on picking up Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Okami in March.
SSX Blur
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Zack & Wiki
Super Mario Galaxy
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Zelda
Rayman
Excite Truck (fun lol for seriousness)
Super Mario Galaxy
Could you be missing Metroid, although that wasn't a bad game
And I feel most of those were bought during the early "zomg I has new console, must buy gamez!" rush in the early days/months, when I first got the little white box.
But half of them are barely touched, and even the ones that are are mostly for multiplayer marathons (except Zelda, Metroid, Mario and Resi 4).
And since I got me 360, I can see myself playing Wii games even less. Which is a shame really.
I can't Help but feel the Wii will be the PS2 of this generation, a bestselling format, with only a fine slew of decent games lost in an ocean of tat.
Though saying that, I still haven't bought Zack and Wiki... My bad
RE 4 (beat it)
Super paper mario (got half way through boring now)
wii play (whats my motivation?)
mario party 8 (hate all in the series)
zelda (WORST IN SERIES and i sold it, seriously i really hated it because the world was big but felt so empty, i prefered OOT and MM because while smaller the world felt alive, i WANTED to do the side quests but in tp i wasn't motivated at all. Really disapointing)
I want medal of honour heroes 2 and mario galaxy.
not at all excited about brawl, just looks like the other 2 ssb games.
Wii Sports (2 discs, one broke)
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Warioware: Smooth Moves
Godfather:Blackhand Edition
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
No More Heroes
[I've payed in full for Brawl, so I technically own that as well]
On top of that, I've 16 Virtual Console games.
So, I'm around the average for the fantastic world of December.
Guitar Hero III
DDR: Hottest party
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Super Mario Galaxy
Need for Speed: Carbon
Disney Pixar Cars
Carnival Games
Brunswick Pro Bowling
Lots of VC games: All of the Marios, Sonic, Sonic II, Sonic III, DK, DK Jr., Bubble Bobble, Ghost N Goblins...
Waiting for Brawl, likely to buy Metriod 3 soon and No More Heroes soon.
Where the hell is a good flight combat simulator for this damned console? :(
Wii Sports
Zelda TP
Metroid Prime 3
Mario Galaxy
RE:4 Wii
Zak and Wiki
Super Paper Mario
Warioware
Mario Strikers
Rayman Raving Rabbids (1)
RE: UC
Excite Truck
Elebits
No More Heroes
and those are only the generally well regarded ones... plenty of people also dig the various EA sports and/or shooters. I'm not saying everyone will LOVE all those games or even want to try em all, but come one, the NO GAAMEZ 4 WIIII meme is getting a little tired.