Wii attach rate double that of PS3 in Japan

Wii News | But third-parties suffer.

When it comes to each console's attach rate (the average number of games purchased for every console sold) Nintendo's Wii has taken an early lead on Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan. According to figures released by Media Create today, the Wii has registered a healthy 1.8 attach rate, almost doubling the 0.98 achieved by the PS3. To put the Wii's launch success into perspective, the Japanese Cube had a 1.2 launch attach rate, and the Japanese DS a rather underwhelming 0.89. Meanwhile, the number of people buying the PS3 to sell on auction sites has clearly reduced the attach rate for Sony's machine.

It's not all sunshine for developers of Wii software, however. Software sales figures have shown that Nintendo's first-party offerings have utterly trounced every third-party game available at the Japanese launch, with Wii Sports (176,167 units sold), Wii Play (174,297) and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (139,011) leading the way. Swing Golf Pangya was the highest selling third-party offering at launch, with a comparatively piffling 12,908 sales. Whether this pattern will continue is another debate, though the latest figures will make for some ominous reading for would-be third-party Wii developers.

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11 Comments

Qbert

5 years ago

Well maybe if more 3rd parties release decent games this will change, which I really hope is the case.

Marka

5 years ago

Most of the Wii 3rd party games are rubish. What do the thrid partys expect. Bad game=bad sales.

Chris-Leigh

5 years ago

Marka wrote

Most of the Wii 3rd party games are rubish. What do the thrid partys expect. Bad game=bad sales.

Joseph

5 years ago

Wii Sports and Wii Play beat Zelda?

Jellyfish

5 years ago

Not everyone loves Zelda.

Joseph

5 years ago

But Wii Play and Wii Sports?

Jellyfish

5 years ago

Joseph wrote

But Wii Play and Wii Sports?

Were pretty much made for the Japanese market.

Crestfallen

5 years ago

wtf?!!? ps3 attach rate under 1.00?!?!

admeister

5 years ago

nikack wrote

Not everyone loves Zelda.

That's my line!

Anyway, Zelda, Zelda, Zelda.

Great for the attach rate. And yes, Wii Play and Wii Sports are much loved by the Japanese.

?oe?oe

5 years ago

I would have thought Elebits would do ok, but Nintendo's enemy is itself. Third parties can't compete and have to make something really special to stand out in Nintendo's crowd.