According to figures released by The NPD Group, it states that the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 gamers are buying more games per year then the Nintendo Wii. To go into more detail these reports claimed that the Nintendo Wii gamers buy 3.7 games per years whilst the Xbox 360 gamers are in the lead on 4.7 per games whilst the Playstation 3 gamers follow on 4.6 games per gamer.
Washington (dbTechno) - According to figures released by The NPD Group, Nintendo managed to sell more Wii consoles than the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined in the month of March. This is all well and good, but the numbers also show that Xbox 360 and PS3 owners are buying more games, despite huge sales of releases such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii has managed to sell 2.7 million copies already.
This is only going to grow as Nintendo has many other releases in the pipeline such as Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii coming to the U.S.
This diesn’t tell the whole story though, as the Xbox 360 and PS3 owners out there are still buying more games.
According to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, the average Wii owner buys 3.7 games per year.
This comares to 4.7 games per year for Xbox 360 owners and 4.6 games per year for PS3 owners.
Microsoft and Sony are both hoping that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV will further boost their hardware sales.
It is clear from these numbers though that even though the Wii may be leading console sales, the casual gamers who are buying the Wii are not buying as many games as Xbox 360 and PS3 owners.
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In all seriousness, as more hardcore gamers buy the PS3 and 360, this should be expected. Hardcore gamers aren't content with like 2 games for a month.
I mean, if you pay money to be able to actually speak to each other in game, instead of pre typed messages. You must be pretty deep into the game.
You can play it, be like "this is cool", buy one for yourself and then not play it for a while. That's just how casual works.
Core gamers on the other demand constant stimulation and heavy competition so they always seek new games. They tend to have fewer outlets than video games.
The casual audience with Wii's is a large percentage of the base, but due to the larger number of Wii owners, the numbers of hardcore Wii owners are probably right in line with those of the other systems.
I myself bought 5 games last year for my PS3, this year more like 8. So i say for me its a big difference.
I was really just focusing on Wii's party games, though.
The real problem is that no one cares about 3rd party Wii games. Unless they are very good. For instance I own Condemned on 360 I really enjoyed it... so when the 2nd installment came out I bought it even though it wasn't getting great reviews(they weren't bad mind you) but I just really liked the story and gameplay. The Wii really doesn't have that going for it outside of Metriod, Mario, DK, Zelda, etc...
Hopefully by next year other companies get used to the Wii's different step and can get in some decent titles before the next generation of consoles. For me, a decent multiplayer game is all I ask for, really works well when company's over.