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Wally Kockinhymer
07/06/09

In reply to The Nintendo Download: Bits, Busts, And Chariots Of WiiWare
Has Nintendo ever released and WiiWare sales figures? I skimmed through the WiiWare titles last night for the first time in months. I am familiar with a handful of titles, but everything else is foreign to me.

The general unfamiliarity of WiiWare games and the lack of demos/trials leads me to believe WiiWare has, to this point, been a pretty big failure.

One thing Microsoft definately got right this generation was implementing a mandatory trial option for every XBLA/XNA game. Sony and Nintendo really need to implement the same thing.
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TRT-X
07/06/09

@Bii Nii Wii Nii Live from the Show-Me-State: If it had been a "pretty big failure", it would have not lasted this long.
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pslong9
07/06/09

@Bii Nii Wii Nii Live from the Show-Me-State: Nope, figures have never been released, but I believe WiiWare has generally been a success. Just because you aren't familiar with it doesn't mean it's a failure.

Some games have done really well, like World of Goo, where 60% of the revenue for that game came from WiiWare (other 40% from Steam / PC). Defend Your Castle, My Life As A King, Mega Man 9 have also done well. Others haven't done so well.
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Wally Kockinhymer
07/06/09

@pslong9: Done well? According to who? Sources would be nice. And I understand me being unfamiliar doesn't mean its unfamiliar to everyone.

I'm just stating my opinion and offering details as to how I formed my opinion that WiiWare has been a bust.

Wii's install base demographics + majority of WiiWare is 3rd party shovelware + Little to NO marketing, lack of demos/trials = My opinion that, thus far, WiiWare has been an absolute bust.
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pslong9
07/06/09

@Bii Nii Wii Nii Live from the Show-Me-State: Someone on NeoGAF compiled these statistics from the Nintendo Channel. Note that this is from the 2.3 million user sample, and US only:

WiiWare:

1. Defend Your Castle: 79,799

2. My Pokemon Ranch: 78,704

3. Dr. Mario Rx: 63,189

4. My Life as a King: 57,238

5. My Aquarium: 55,667

6. World of Goo: 51,774

7. LostWinds: 45,172

8. Mega Man IX: 39,449

9. Tetris Party: 38,279

10. Strong Bad Episode 1: 23,190
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The Cap'n
07/06/09

@pslong9: wait... are these lifetime sales?

Interestingly enough, vgchartz had some numbers up last week: [news.vgchartz.com]

Standard disclaimer: it's vg chartz and should be taken with a grain or three of salt. And I have no idea where they got the numbers. But they don't look ridiculous.
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Methusalah
07/06/09

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I love bust-a-move, but I can never convince myself to pick up a version newer than the first ps2 edition of the game. It sounds like this one has fewer features than the one I currently own, so I guess I'll pass.
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SadAstronaut
07/06/09

@Methusalah: I remember many years ago, when I was little, my dad's friend lent us his PS1, and we went to rent games for it. I remember wanting Bust-A-Move, so when I rented it and took it home, imagine my horror when I found out I'd rented Bust-A-Groove... :(
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KillerBee
07/06/09

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That screenshot looks awful. Truly awful. If you are going to release a screenshot for a game, at least make it somewhat appealing.
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Raspberyl's Lover
07/01/09

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Might pick it up if I get bored of Blazblue.

And happy early birthday AJ!
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AJ Glasser
07/01/09

@Raspberyl's Lover: Thanks!
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ieatchocolate
07/01/09

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Looks just as hard as the first one.
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gobofraggle
07/01/09

@ieatchocolate: No kidding.

"and it was awesome, too - even though the later levels got crazy-hard."

The LATER levels? I can't beat the first level.
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artofwar420
07/02/09

@gobofraggle: How much are these games? I have 800 magical Nintendo points floating around.
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GohanGVO
07/02/09

@artofwar420: $6 a pop.
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