360 leads hardware to software ratio, Wii and PS3 trail with similar ratios

What is the color when black is burned,
What is the color?

Blacker?

When black is burned, the color would collapse on itself, becoming the purest white you've ever seen, and then black again.

Ash?

We are not talking about Pokemon trainers... =P

How much blacker could it be? None. None more black.

You're not missing much. Like most people, I picked it up because it was the only way I could get an extra Wiimote at the time. A few of the games are kinda cool for a round or three.

yeah it is boring, the only game that is interesting is the tank game, too bad there was no 4 player pvp or it would have rocked.

the air hockey is really well done but ultimately isn't deep enough

I got Wii play used for the cheapest Wii remote possible. This wii remote makes an odd mooing sound when rumbling, which has turned from worrying to amusing as time has passed.

I'd think being out for twice as long and having twice the attach rate is not surprising.

Ethan,

Being out twice as long does not equal 2x the attach rate. Maybe twice the amount of total software sales, but even then the 360 has nearly 3x the software sales than its nearest competitor, the Wii.

In reality, the longer a console is out, the LOWER its attach ratio gets, not the opposite as you claim. So any way you look at it, the 360 is kicking @$$ and taking names in software sales, but don't worry, the last generation's ratios were about the same, not much has changed. Xbox owners just tend to be hardcore gamers.

Eh.. more time.. more games..? I'm very willing to listen to you logic, but I don't see how in it's current state attach rate could have declined over the past year for the 360. It's at the peak of it's second cycle of games, so owners will be buying games fairly often - I think this would outpace new owners (who will also buy more games than earlier owners did at launch due to the higher amount/lower cost of quality titles).

I agree that over the whole course the attach rate could lessen - the multitude of new ps2 owners buying it for singstar or buzz. But that's not the case with the 360. New owners will offset it a bit, but people tend to buy a set number of games each year, according to their budget, so logically if a system's out for two years, at the end of the second year would have twice the number of games as they did the last.

But of course, the xbox does have more, and better, games. And it's how the consoles compare right now that matters, as to their performance, not the future. But, like I said, it's not a surprise.

isn't the Wii Play factor counteracted by the Wii Sports pack-in factor?

Nintendo should have packed-in Wii Play and sold Wii sports seperately... they'd have doubled their attach rate (and made a lot more money).

CaptainAmerica,

you don't really get those numbers do you? it shows that the Wii, despite its strong hardware sales, isn't as as strong in the software part...and thus, it shows us that its being bought in mere hype...

oh, and I haven't seen one being advertised without the remote, and all the scores out there, haha, they pretty much say that Wii Play is some what incentive to get a new controller...

Only hype? For almost a year?

The Wii sold 120,000 last week, and its for hype?

makes me wonder why the ps3 sells

No, Noshino, its you who doesn't "get" the numbers. For every PS3 purchased, there are 3 and a half games purchased. For every Wii purchased, there are 3 and a half games purchased. If you take out Wii play (which isn't entirely fair, as its still a game, it just comes with a remote) there are still 3 games for every wii purchased. That is approximately equal to the PS3. This is even more damning for the PS3 since the only people who own PS3's are hardcore sony fanboys.

So what the numbers say is that casual nintendo gamers buy as much software as hardcore sony fanboys. The only console that is really distinguishing itself is the 360, as having nearly 7 games to 1 console ON AVERAGE is a stellar performance.

Noshino,

so whats that say about the PS3?

which doesn't bundle a controller to a game as an incentive?



.

@Noshino: I think it shows more that people are buying it and either playing an awful lot of Wii Sports, a lot of VC titles, or just not using it.

Actually, I don't see where any of you disagreed with what he said. I see you guys bring the PS3 into the argument to coutner what he said, but he didn't even mentioned the PS3. So, dragging the PS3 into the discussion to counter his argument is just fanboy stupidity. He didn't say anything either way about the PS3's attach rate.

I actually think he's right to a degree. Neither the PS3 or Wii have strong software line-ups, yet one is in the basement and one is selling like hotcakes... even over a system with a far superior line-up (360). Obviously price plays a big role, but I think hype clearly does as well. I myself bought the system at launch largely on hype... I hoped things would be different than they were with the Cube, but a year later they really aren't.

ouch...ok

Fernando,

Yes, still being sold of hype, hey, just look at the Ipods, they haven't really added anything new to the tabel for a while, yet its still being sold like hotcakes, hell, even the PS2 was sold just on mere hype, but (thanks gawd) it caught the attention of many developers soon enough and actually got a stable (and formidable) gaming library.

Sorry to burst your bubble Fernando, but hype does sell consoles, and sometimes, it lasts for a while, just look at the DS


Crono,

"For every Wii purchased, there are 3 and a half games purchased. If you take out Wii play (which isn't entirely fair, as its still a game, it just comes with a remote) there are still 3 games for every wii purchased. That is approximately equal to the PS3. This is even more damning for the PS3 since the only people who own PS3's are hardcore sony fanboys."

err...first of all, how did the PS3 got into this conversation?

second

Wii:
-ACTUALLY being advertised as a gaming machine
-ALMOST full support from the media
-Games priced at LESS EXPENSIVE costs than PS3 or 360 games
-Franchises that are the most friendly (Mario, Kirby, Link, Pokemanz!)
-Has a somewhat "revolutionary" controller

And yet it doesn't have a greater attach rate than the PS3? I mean

PS3:
-Priced almost twice as much as the 360, and more than twice as much as a Wii
-Games are more expensive as the Wii's
-is being advertised as a multimedia device...
-has suffered from losts of bash from the media,
-hasn't had that many exclusives
-suffers when it comes to multiplatform games

see what I meant? it does make the Wii REALLY sad


Digi Smalls,

do you seriously consider Wii Play a game? its a freaking tech demo, that's what I hate about Nintendo, bloody arrogants selling a freaking tech demo to the masses, $10 extra might be nothing, I mean, its just a bundle right? but then you get millions, asses are making money of demos? way to go Nintendo

Noshino,

The point still stands. hardcore players are supposedly the bread and butter of the industry, yet the Wii's audience, supposedly composed ENTIRELY of casual gamer who never buy games, has an equal attach rate as the hardcore PS3.

I brought PS3 into the argument to debunk the myth that hardcore gamers buy more software than casuals. This data shows that casuals (who get sticker shock from 50 dollar games) buy just as many games as a hardcore gamer with a hardcore machine. (More actually, if you're talking raw numbers)

The numbers don't lie, here.

Keep in mind some of the early adopters of PS3 bought it as a blu-ray player and have no intentions of ever purchasing games for it. If there are 200K of them, suddenly you're looking at a 4 attach rate for the other 1.7 million. It doesn't make a difference to Sony either way, but the people that bought PS3 to play games (as oppposed to people that bought a PS3 to play movies) probably do buy more games on average.

Still, 3.5 after a year seems on par with 7 after 2 years.

bl13,

No. 3.5 is NOT on par. You don't ADD attach rates! If the PS3 has a 3.5 ratio next year it STILL has an attach rate of 3.5, not 7.

The longer a system is on the market the LOWER its attach rate, not the opposite. That means, given the gaming industry's history, next year the PS3 may very well have an attach rate of 3 or less, not 7 or more.

The Xbox platform simply has a history of software sales as its demographic tends to be hardcore gamers. The Playstation brand however has not historically had high attach rates.

@Noshino

You don't get it do you?
If the predominantly hardcore PS3 has nearly the same attach rate as the wii(which is supposedly predominatly casual), then there is something wrong here.

Plus attach rate has nothing to do with hardware sales. If 10 wiis are bought, then 35 software titles are sold, then it's still 3.5 hardware ratio.
10:35=1:3.5
If 20 PS3's are bought, then 70 games are purchased, it still has the same attach rate of 3.5 games per system.
20:70=10:35=1:3.5
The only difference here is that the wii has nearly double the hardware sales. A developer would more likely make a game for the wii than the PS3 if they knew this information. Both have similar attach rates, except everyone who owns a PS3 must buy the game just to match half of wii's potential sales. Most of the time, this is not happening(they are going with a multi platform realese, which doesn't include the wii), because developers are reluctant in trusting Nintendo.

And considering how PS3 owners are supposed to own more games, this just proves that wii owners buy just as many games. Developers have NO reason NOT to trust that the wii owners don't buy games. Even a 3 year old port(RE4) can sold well. Just look at the sales of GHIII on Amazon. It is made up of predominantly wii version sales.

oops, as of now, that amazon thing isn't correct, apparently, there was a sale on the PS2/Xbox 360 Versions... But overall, the wii version does sell the best, and is getting the highest ratings.

did you buy a ps3? Condolences. We already had mgs4 get delayed this morning another 3 months. I've got my share of the blame for the 360's high software ratio, I have 23 360 games (a couple were gifts).

I would love a reason to get a ps3 but I can't justify it yet. even though at sonystyle.com if you get their lil sony credit card you get $100 so with a lil I could snag the 80 gig one for $399. However, my 360 is still going strong and even if it 3rrod, I've been able to fix 5 of my friends' 360s w/ removing the x-clamps + putting on better thermal paste. and I sold my Wii cuz Wii sports started to get old and it was such a hot item I sold it used for more then I paid retail.

... so umm yea. off topic :)

niiice dude. don't do the credit card thing, that'll hurt your financial rep down the road if you ever want a car/house. just get one credit card for life, I have a visa that gives me air miles

To say that getting another credit card will harm credit has an element of truth but it's not really accurate. In fact, the more credit you have, the higher your credit score gets -- assuming you keep the same level of debt. So, getting a sony credit card is only harmful if you use it and rack up more debt.

Well, that's easy enough to let happen. But in general, more credit increases credit rating.

wrong. i think what he is saying is getting a card then CANCELING that card hurts your rep. don't just get a card for a good deal thinking you will cancel it in a few months. that's no way to build credit.

the more credit cards you have, even if you don't buy anything with them, the better your score. but if you cancel one of these cards, no matter if you never use them, your score will drop. it is essentially a ploy to keep you attached to cards that you don't want, since credit card companies hope you will end up in a difficult situation requiring you to spend money on these cards (remember, relatively few cards charge a yearly fee--most make money not on % sale, but on ~20%/mo interest rates).

now, the only real harm in getting a card that you aren't going to use is keeping track of it, since fees can start being applied, even years after getting it. sometimes fees apply even if you don't reach a monthly or yearly spending amount. so just having a card opens you up to potential costs. and if you forget about credit card fees, your credit score will suffer.

since a good credit score will score you lower interests rates on loans, mortgages, etc., credit score = money. plain and simple. so don't fuck it up.

I know this is completely way off topic, but don't ever get credit to begin with!!! Who says you have to have credit to buy things. Just save and work hard, then you'll never have payments or owe anything to anybody!!!

Sorry, I've attended a couple of financial classes.

OK darkside, how long do you think you'll have to save up to be able to purchase (with cash) a 125,000 dollar home?

OK, so you need to get a loan. How are you going to get a loan if you have no credit record. Get ready for 20% interest rate on a 30 year loan.

OR, you get a credit card. You never (or hardly ever) put anything on it, and when you do, you pay it off on your next paycheck. You get as many credit limit increases as possible. Then when you want to get a home loan, they see you have XX thousands of dollars worth of credit that you aren't using, and they give you a better rate and higher loan amount.

BECAUSE THE 360 HAS HUNDREDS OF BETTER GAMES THAN THE KIDDY WII. MORE LIKE THE PII HUR HUR HUR.

I'm sorry.

Maybe it sold more copies than the total number of consoles owned, so people who don't even own 360s bought it.

Maybe they wanted the helmet for their cats. Or maybe they thought it would play on the original Xbox.

or maybe they counted returned scratched disks

Apparently, some bought legendary as a collector's item with the intent on keeping it sealed, and also bought a regular version to play.

Maybe when people have multiple 360's networked at their house, they buy multiple copies to have friends over for a LAN party. Actually, that still equates to one per 360. I will shut up now.

@ gonk:

Are you an idiot? Seriously? If you would follow the star after the comment you would see that it was just a joke. Bloody fool...

the asterisk wasn't there when this was first posted, you BLOODY FOOL

Still obviously a joke though, as I do not remember Halo 3 selling more than 7 million copies already...

bioshock sold more like 1.5 million (or more) if you add PC sales and 360 sales

Okay, I'm sorry but why is RE4 sales impressive?

It's 1 million shipped across all regions. That's Japan, North America, Europe, and Australia... for four months now and it's just NOW approaching one million shipped? That's more a sign of why things are wrong, IMO. Especially considering it launched during a game drought at a bargain price.

"bioshock sold more like 1.5 million (or more) if you add PC sales and 360 sales"

In the (free for me) Dec issue of EGM (thanks Joystiq!), they have a listing of top software sales from Amazon (probably a pretty close correlation to overall NPD numbers) and MP3 was #4 on the list (only trailing the various Halo SKUs) and BioShock was #5. Dunno if they lump the PC sales into that or just the XB360, but MP3 is doing pretty good overall, and I'm sure will end up platinum by the time the holidays are over.

It's a fucking THREE YEAR OLD PORT. What do you expect from it? Even Capcom didn't see the game breaking 500,000.
A million for RE4:Wii is pretty damn impressive, no matter what the SDF might say to the contrary.