Comments on: May NPD: No Surprises, Nintendo Takes Crown

By: jonahfalcon

jonahfalcon — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:12:58 +0000

Those are launch titles. Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo sold tons, too. But please check out the attach rates.

And by the way, Zelda underperformed, according to sales expections. Severely underperformed, especially in Japan, of all places.

By: Devin Grimes

Devin Grimes — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:23:13 +0000

Wow, people aren’t buying 3rd party titles? Ubisoft made a killing at launch with Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids…

By: MitchyD

MitchyD — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:32:36 +0000

People aren’t buying them? People are going nuts for Scarface, Godfather and all that trash. They aren’t selling like Zelda, no, but people are buying the garbage more than they should be.

By: jonahfalcon

jonahfalcon — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:46:56 +0000

How can 3rd parties ignore it? Easy, Derrick - people aren’t purchasing 3rd party titles on the Wii. The attach rate is insanely low.

The Wii is being purchased as a stand-alone system by many buyers. That is, people buy the Wii with the intent of not expending any more capital. With the lack of Nintendo FIRST party titles, like the N64 and the GameCube before it, the Wii is in serious risk of dying on the vine.

People are treating it as a cheap toy, and not a console system.

By: Derrick Schommer

Derrick Schommer — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:57:50 +0000

Eventually some of the wii numbers will die down when the product reaches saturation, but how can 3rd parties ignore it? They’re basically printing money–don’t you want to ride to boat? Make a game for it. Damn.

PS2 will beat the PS3 hands down for a long time. Massive library of games, reasonable price and huge market share. Not surprised there either.

Until Sony is ready to let go the ties of their PS2 baby, PS3 won’t win. But, think about it, if you were Sony would you want to end the life of your massive money maker for your half flopped non-selling console? Heck no! Esp. after laying off so many people in response to low sales.