Post by dahlia on Mar 29, 2011 3:10:26 GMT
Looking at the best selling software for the Wii this year it's obvious once again that Nintendo making the casual the core of the console is paying off (literally)
If we take out Wii Sports the three best selling titles so far this year are...
Wii Sports Resort
Just Dance 2
Wii Fit Plus
In a year where Nintendo's facing no growth in 3 years on the Wii, a sharp decline in profits, and a hardware launch that taxes the leverage of the company it's the casual that comes to the rescue and still supports the Wii day in and day out.
Some people say that Nintendo's true bread and butter is the Nintendo fan but as the Gamecube showed us they are not large enough nor loyal enough to keep a console afloat. The casuals were said to be a flash in the pan that would desert Nintendo but starting our 5th year with the Wii it's the casual who's the backbone.
There is no question that the next console will be aimed at them even more because they're the only group that didn't let Nintendo down, when software is made for them they've bought it in droves and unlike other smaller niches on the console they're don't have a "best time to buy" software either. You release software during the holidays and they buy it, you launch it in the spring and they buy it, mid summer software? That's bought too.
EDIT: To further expand my point the year that passed was supposed to be the year that had games for the Nintendo gamer but all of those titles fell off the map with Donkey Kong the only one that's hanging in the top ten at this point. Everything else was just passed by.
Who else is excited to see that the casual has become the most trustworthy and loyal customer when it comes to the Wii?
Edited on Feb 23, 2011 10:44 am PT
This is High Voltage's latest game scoring a whopping 1.5, 16 years making games and this is the best they can do.
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If we take out Wii Sports the three best selling titles so far this year are...
Wii Sports Resort
Just Dance 2
Wii Fit Plus
In a year where Nintendo's facing no growth in 3 years on the Wii, a sharp decline in profits, and a hardware launch that taxes the leverage of the company it's the casual that comes to the rescue and still supports the Wii day in and day out.
Some people say that Nintendo's true bread and butter is the Nintendo fan but as the Gamecube showed us they are not large enough nor loyal enough to keep a console afloat. The casuals were said to be a flash in the pan that would desert Nintendo but starting our 5th year with the Wii it's the casual who's the backbone.
There is no question that the next console will be aimed at them even more because they're the only group that didn't let Nintendo down, when software is made for them they've bought it in droves and unlike other smaller niches on the console they're don't have a "best time to buy" software either. You release software during the holidays and they buy it, you launch it in the spring and they buy it, mid summer software? That's bought too.
EDIT: To further expand my point the year that passed was supposed to be the year that had games for the Nintendo gamer but all of those titles fell off the map with Donkey Kong the only one that's hanging in the top ten at this point. Everything else was just passed by.
Who else is excited to see that the casual has become the most trustworthy and loyal customer when it comes to the Wii?
Edited on Feb 23, 2011 10:44 am PT
This is High Voltage's latest game scoring a whopping 1.5, 16 years making games and this is the best they can do.
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R4 3DS
R4 3DS card
ps3 cheatcode