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[Eteric Rice]

Call of Duty Wii didn't do bad at all.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Call of Duty Wii didn't do bad at all.

With typical Wii legs it has a very strong shot at selling over 1 million.

It's especially good when you consider it appeals largely to the demographic that already has a 360 or PS3.

 

[Threi]

lets just skip this CoD Wii chat and move onto something else please...


I don't think anyone wants to hear that the Wii can actually sell software.

 

[Chumly]

Adjusted according to IGN's latest podcast which said Shaun White sold 450K for Wii in December.

Top 20 Games of December 2008

1. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 1.46 million
2. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 1.33 million
3. WII FIT WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 999k
4. MARIO KART WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 878k
5. GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* WII ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 859k
6. GEARS OF WAR 2* 360 MICROSOFT - 745k
7. LEFT 4 DEAD 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS - 629k
8. MARIO KART NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 540k
9. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 533k
10. ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 497k
11. WII MUSIC WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 487k
12. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 370k-487k
13. PERSONAL TRAINER: COOKING NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 370k-487k
14. FALLOUT 3* 360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS - 370k-487k
15. CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE NDS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS - 370k-487k
16. LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 370k-487k
17. GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* PS2 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 370k-487k
18. MADDEN NFL 09* 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS - 370k-487k
19. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR WII ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 370k-487k
20. SHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING: ROAD TRIP WII UBISOFT - 370k

Top 10 Wii Games

1. WII WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 1.46 million
2. WII WII FIT NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 999k
3. WII MARIO KART NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 878k
4. WII GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 859k
5. WII ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK* NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 497k
6. WII WII MUSIC NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 487k
7. WII LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 370k-487k
8. WII CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 370k-487k
9. WII SHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING: ROAD TRIP UBISOFT - 370k
10. WII NERF N STRIKE ELECTRONIC ARTS

Corrected numbers

 

[donny2112]

lets just skip this CoD Wii chat and move onto something else please...


I don't think anyone wants to hear that the Wii can actually sell software.

Poster child!

:lol

 

[Alcibiades]

http://wii.ign.com/articles/948/948240p1.html

Third-party publisher Ubisoft has found a success story in the Wii-exclusive stunt racer Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip. The title, one of the first to capitalize on Nintendo's Balance Board peripheral (now used by more than 4.5 million Wii Fit owners), sold to 470,000 gamers in North America through December of last year, according to data released to IGN by the NPD Group. Good numbers by any tally, but they are all the more impressive when you consider that Road Trip released on November 16 and therefore amassed nearly 500,000 in sales in about a month and a half.

 

[botticus]

Does that mean it sold all of 20k in Canada, or is it US and Matt was rounding to the nearest 50k in the podcast?

 

[donny2112]

Does that mean it sold all of 20k in Canada, or is it US and Matt was rounding to the nearest 50k in the podcast?

Rounding to the nearest 50K. It's the same reason that they say de Blob sold 250K when it actually sold 230K.

 

[HylianTom]

Third-party publisher Ubisoft has found a success story in the Wii-exclusive stunt racer Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip. The title, one of the first to capitalize on Nintendo's Balance Board peripheral (now used by more than 4.5 million Wii Fit owners), sold to 470,000 gamers in North America through December of last year, according to data released to IGN by the NPD Group. Good numbers by any tally, but they are all the more impressive when you consider that Road Trip released on November 16 and therefore amassed nearly 500,000 in sales in about a month and a half.

Wow..that chunk of money that they spent on advertising worked. What a novel concept.

Sega (and others): please take note.

 

[jarrod]

Holishit, there's 4.5m Balance Boards in the US? I wonder if it's userbase may eventually eclipse PS3, like in Japan?

 

[markatisu]

Wow..that chunk of money that they spent on advertising worked. What a novel concept.

Sega (and others): please take note.

Apparently more than 2 years in we still have some confusion among devs/pubs that a good budget, strong advertising (on more than 1 network during primetime), and constant retailer promotion (front page ads, sale price every week) = good sales

Holishit, there's 4.5m Balance Boards in the US? I wonder if it's userbase may eventually eclipse PS3, like in Japan?

Isn't it just about there? Wii fit wont slow down in 2009 and it sells roughly 300-800k a month

 

[Hero]

Remember when Shaun White was shown off back at E3 and GAF laughed? This just further proves that the Wii and everything related to it is the anti-GAF.

 

[markatisu]

Remember when Shaun White was shown off back at E3 and GAF laughed? This just further proves that the Wii and everything related to it is the anti-GAF.

Even after E3 GAF hated it, this thread comes to mind
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=302972

 

[AniHawk]

Holishit, there's 4.5m Balance Boards in the US? I wonder if it's userbase may eventually eclipse PS3, like in Japan?

That's really sad to consider, really. Even though it's only $90 (compared to $400), you still have to spend $250 to use it.

 

[charlequin]

Remember when Shaun White was shown off back at E3 and GAF laughed?

I didn't get that, really. Nintendo's E3 conference sucked, but the Shaun White game was one of the more reasonable portions of it.

 

[Suburban Cowboy]

ya SWSnowbording looked pretty cool when they demoed it on XPLAY 6 months ago. Think the licensing is what made GAF hate it

 

[donny2112]

That's really sad to consider, really. Even though it's only $90 (compared to $400), you still have to spend $250 to use it.

$340 with two games vs. $400 with no games

 

[J-Rock]

8. WII CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 370k-487k

Nice.

 

[NintendosBooger]

Outstanding.

So what will the Wii haters now bitch about? How their favorite genre isn't selling well on the system?

 

[Aaron Strife]

8. WII CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR ACTIVISION BLIZZARD - 370k-487k

Nice.

470k-487k, actually. Shaun White sold 470k according to IGN, and CoD ranked above it.

So what will the Wii haters now bitch about? How their favorite genre isn't selling well on the system?

Well, Wii haters tend to be FPS fanboys, and Call of Duty is doing well enough. I guess they're just screwed everywhere :lol

 

[Aeris130]

Outstanding.

So what will the Wii haters now bitch about? How their favorite genre isn't selling well on the system?

Shooters and sports games? Doubt it.

 

[donny2112]

Shaun White sold 470k according to IGN,

Through December.

 

[happyfunball]

470k-487k, actually. Shaun White sold 470k according to IGN, and CoD ranked above it.

Shaun White sold roughly 366k in December
(It sold 40% of 259k total multiplatform sales in November).

 

[Aaron Strife]

Through December.

Shit, you're right.

 

[titiklabingapat]

COD: WAW (and Shaun White to a lesser extent) is a perfect example of a game with a relatively lower profile selling well on the Wii just on sheer userbase size alone.

 

[poppabk]

Outstanding.

So what will the Wii haters now bitch about? How their favorite genre isn't selling well on the system?

That 3rd parties shouldn't waste effort on Wii games because Wii owners buy inferior ports in their droves, so just continue giving them crappy ports and reserve effort for the HD versions.

 

[C.T.]

Remember when Shaun White was shown off back at E3 and GAF laughed? This just further proves that the Wii and everything related to it is the anti-GAF.

Remember the first screenshots? Knowing Ubisofts Wii track-record, it would have been way too optimistic to think that they'll greatly improve the game.

 

[schuelma]

Ubisoft benefitted from having 2 balance board compatible games ready for the holiday's. I'm really surprised at the lack of BB games announced so far. It's basically like having a platform with no other games competing for space.

 

[Bojangles]

That 3rd parties shouldn't waste effort on Wii games because Wii owners buy inferior ports in their droves, so just continue giving them crappy ports and reserve effort for the HD versions.

This man speaks the truth.

 

[Arde5643]

That 3rd parties shouldn't waste effort on Wii games because Wii owners buy inferior ports in their droves, so just continue giving them crappy ports and reserve effort for the HD versions.

Haha, unfortunately that's probably what pubs and devs will be doing. :lol :lol

 

[Captain Smoker]

This man speaks the truth.

 

[w3stfa11]

Ubisoft benefitted from having 2 balance board compatible games ready for the holiday's. I'm really surprised at the lack of BB games announced so far. It's basically like having a platform with no other games competing for space.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. But looking at the wiki page for the balance board, there were 6 retail games released in Oct 2008 or later that used the BB in some form. I think the ones to look forward in 2009 are EA Sports Active and PunchOut.

 

[lowlylowlycook]

That 3rd parties shouldn't waste effort on Wii games because Wii owners buy inferior ports in their droves, so just continue giving them crappy ports and reserve effort for the HD versions.

Then 3rd parties will spend March wondering why Nintendo has $6 billionish in profits and they are desperately treading water.

 

[Link]

That 3rd parties shouldn't waste effort on Wii games because Wii owners buy inferior ports in their droves, so just continue giving them crappy ports and reserve effort for the HD versions.

Pretty much. Petz games with Balance Board support incoming!

 

[Sadist]

Outstanding.

So what will the Wii haters now bitch about? How their favorite genre isn't selling well on the system?

Dark games don't sell.

Hi Matt!

 

[poppabk]

Then 3rd parties will spend March wondering why Nintendo has $6 billionish in profits and they are desperately treading water.

And then they will realize that there 360/PS3 games are not selling very well, and therefore they need to.... divert more money into HD development, really gouge the budgets of Wii games.

 

[Arde5643]

And then they will realize that there 360/PS3 games are not selling very well, and therefore they need to.... divert more money into HD development, really gouge the budgets of Wii games.

And it's not the CEO's faults at all, really! It's just the evil bad recession that's causing all these problems to pop up at such an alarming rate now.

Since it's not the CEO's faults and actually the recession's faults, let's give some bonus to the CEOs and fir...er...relax some peop...err...resources during the downtime caused by the recession.

 

[FrankT]

Fable II hit 1.2 million in Dec NPD and Banjo 140k per Gamespot;

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6203773.html

Shame about Banjo it is such a gem and particularly at the price.

 

[Jammy]

Wow... Banjo bombed. And to think the N64 games did over 2 million each.

I hope Rare re-uses assets to make a proper Banjo Three-ie. Maybe THEN they'd see some sales?

 

[Kenka]

Äsch, Fable II really digged its way beautifully through the holidays.

EDIT : according to NPD, Fable II sold 974 000 through November. So, for December, that gives more or less 220'000 copies sold. This doesn't give much information though since Prince Of Persia and Fable II were neck to neck in the X360 charts

Hence :

1. 360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2. 360 GEARS OF WAR 2* MICROSOFT
3. 360 LEFT 4 DEAD ELECTRONIC ARTS
4. 360 FALLOUT 3* BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
5. 360 MADDEN NFL 09* ELECTRONIC ARTS
6. 360 GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR* ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
7. 360 MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DC UNIVERSE* MIDWAY
8. 360 ROCK BAND 2* MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS > 220'000
9. 360 FABLE II* MICROSOFT
10. 360 PRINCE OF PERSIA* UBISOFT

which was a lower bound that was already known.

 

[donny2112]

The DS is now ahead of the PS2 in total hardware in the U.S., Christmas-aligned and launch-aligned. The DS has made up a 6.5 million deficit in the last two years. O_O

The GBA is still 4.1 million up on the DS, Christmas-aligned, and about 1.3 million up, launch-aligned.

 

[timetokill]

Wow... Banjo bombed. And to think the N64 games did over 2 million each.

I hope Rare re-uses assets to make a proper Banjo Three-ie. Maybe THEN they'd see some sales?

Maybe if it's called Banjo ThWii.

 

[donny2112]

Maybe if it's called Banjo ThWii.

It'd sell more than 140K in two months, I can guarantee you that. :lol

 

[J-Rock]

Maybe if it's called Banjo ThWii.

I see what you did there...

 

[legend166]

Ouch, that's a massive bomba for Banjo. It had pretty much everything going against it.

 

[donny2112]

It had pretty much everything going against it.

Starting with the Stamper Bros. trying to get Nintendo to take 100% ownership of RARE and then ending up on the Xbox. I want RARE back on Nintendo home consoles.

 

[Kujo]

Ouch, that's a massive bomba for Banjo. It had pretty much everything going against it.

Doesn't really seem like the $39 price + free Banjo XBLA helped at all. Microsoft should just bundle it with all Arcades, better than Sega Tennis.

 

[_Alkaline_]

Poor Banjo.

 

[shykyoichi]

Then 3rd parties will spend March wondering why Nintendo has $6 billionish in profits and they are desperately treading water.

And expect more studio to close.

 

[Chumly]

I dont know if anyone noticed but it just so happens that the 3 highest selling Wii third party titles this christmas are also among the highest rated titles released for the Wii this christmas. :O shocking I know