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Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 25, 2008 18:12
http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/847/847472p1.aspx



According to the software data tracking service, consumers purchased 8.11 games for every Wii console sold in December. This relates to 7.76 games for every Xbox 360 sold during the month and 5.04 games for every PlayStation 3 purchased in the same time frame


My point is any console is capable of good attach rate with quality games. Even the little old Wii

But i know that...


Very strong sales of titles like Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Play, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Guitar Hero III and more contributed to Wii' s high tie ratio.

While Nintendo' s console certainly flourished in December, perhaps signaling the beginning of solid tie ratios to come, it should be noted that Wii' s life-to-date software to hardware tie ratio is at 4.64, compared to 4.26 on PlayStation 3 (despite a much smaller installed base) and 7.0 on Xbox 360, according to NPD data.



the 360 is still the reigning attach rate king.
Plus i dont care if u dont count Wiiplay, coz they do!
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 25, 2008 18:53
Uh... you haven' t been able to buy the console on it' s own for at least 8 weeks. If you want a Wii, you' re forced to buy a bundle. In the UK, major retailers are forcing people to buy 5 game bundles... in the US, you' re buying 3 game bundles + an additional remote which includes Wii Play.

8:1 isn' t an accurate representation of how many units of software people are buying per machine. You can' t count Wii Play and you can' t count bundles if they' re the only available SKU' s.

If when the Wii is freely available the tie ratio is still this high, make a thread about it. Until then, use your fucking brain and don' t waste our fucking time.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 25, 2008 21:42
I was wondering which games people are buying for the wii to have a 8:1 attach rate , as usual nitro sets things right ... Nice try terrak

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 02:21
And it was still only 1 month. Its funny that even with all the bundles and other garbage, its attach rate isnt beating out the PS3 by that much.
I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 05:47
hahahahahhahahaha

Y so angry Nitro?

To be honest was just testing to see if was interested in this type of discussion anymore. But i guess i' m not. But goodluck to you all i had fun while it lasted. Take care now.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 06:36


ORIGINAL: Terrak

To be honest was just testing to see if was interested in this type of discussion anymore.


Sure you were. And today i embraced the Christian faith.

It wouldn' t have been a discussion. You can' t discuss misrepresentation - which is exactly what your post was. Like i said, i' m up for discussing something concrete, but what you posted was a fanboy fuelled inaccuracy. 8:1 is inaccurate for the resaons i stated above.

I don' t give a flying fuck what the almighty IGN want to count. Wii Play is a pack-in, and so even though some people will have actualy wanted it, many will have just been buying a controller. You can' t deduce the correct tie in ratio for December, you can' t even get a ballpark figure - because the only consoles you have been able to buy are bundles and stores pack in the games they can' t shift as opposed to games that are in high demand. I can' t get a bundle that includes Galaxy, Prime, Chronicles and NiGHTS. If i could, i' d own a Wii. But i don' t want Red Steel, Hot Wheels: Beat That!, Happy Feet, Crash of the Titans or High School fucking Musical - so i don' t own a Wii yet.

You don' t want to play with us any more because we' re big meanies? Great. It just means we don' t have to tollerate a dumbass fuckwit who doesn' t know his head from his ass and only ever posts about Nintendo.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 06:52
Jezz, look at the UK charts for last week, Crazy:

01 (__) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
02 (02) [NDS] Dr Kawashima' s Brain Training (Nintendo)
03 (03) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
04 (05) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)

05 (01) [360] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
06 (20) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
07 (08) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
08 (07) [NDS] Cooking Mama (505 Games)
09 (04) [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)

10 (06) [360] Assassin' s Creed (Ubisoft)
11 (10) [PS3] Assassin' s Creed (Ubisoft)
12 (__) [WII] Ghost Squad (Sega)
13 (09) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
14 (__) [WII] Link' s Crossbow Training (Nintendo)
15 (24) [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
16 (22) [NDS] Sight Training (Nintendo)
17 (__) [WII] Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros Treasure (Capcom)
18 (__) [NDS] Imagine: Babies (Ubisoft)
19 (28) [NDS] The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)

20 (12) [PS3] Uncharted: Drake' s Fortune (Sony Computer Ent.)
21 (__) [NDS] Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
22 (11) [PC] Football Manager 2008 (Sega)
23 (__) [WII] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
24 (18) [360] Halo 3 (Microsoft)
25 (31) [360] Mass Effect (Microsoft)
26 (23) [WII] Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)
27 (27) [WII] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 08 (Electronic Arts)
28 (__) [WII] Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Lucasarts)
29 (__) [NDS] My Word Coach (Ubisoft)
30 (__) [NDS] Mysims (Electronic Arts)

31 (29) [360] Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
32 (25) [360] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision)
33 (14) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
34 (17) [PC] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
35 (21) [WII] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
36 (16) [PS2] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision)
37 (33) [WII] Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
38 (__) [NDS] Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Ubisoft))
39 (__) [WII] Sonic And The Secret Rings (Sega)

40 (26) [360] Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 07:08
VF, don' t post charts without linking to the source.

If you want to look at last weeks top 40 software sales for the week ending 19th Jan, you can, HERE ...

This is what it looked like...


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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 13:07

ORIGINAL: Virtua fighter 5

Jezz, look at the UK charts for last week, Crazy:

01 (__) [WII] Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games (Sega)
02 (02) [NDS] Dr Kawashima' s Brain Training (Nintendo)
03 (03) [NDS] More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
04 (05) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)

05 (01) [360] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
06 (20) [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
07 (08) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
08 (07) [NDS] Cooking Mama (505 Games)
09 (04) [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)

10 (06) [360] Assassin' s Creed (Ubisoft)
11 (10) [PS3] Assassin' s Creed (Ubisoft)
12 (__) [WII] Ghost Squad (Sega)
13 (09) [PS3] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
14 (__) [WII] Link' s Crossbow Training (Nintendo)
15 (24) [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
16 (22) [NDS] Sight Training (Nintendo)
17 (__) [WII] Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros Treasure (Capcom)
18 (__) [NDS] Imagine: Babies (Ubisoft)
19 (28) [NDS] The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)

20 (12) [PS3] Uncharted: Drake' s Fortune (Sony Computer Ent.)
21 (__) [NDS] Mario Kart Ds (Nintendo)
22 (11) [PC] Football Manager 2008 (Sega)
23 (__) [WII] Carnival: Funfair Games (Take 2)
24 (18) [360] Halo 3 (Microsoft)
25 (31) [360] Mass Effect (Microsoft)
26 (23) [WII] Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)
27 (27) [WII] Tiger Woods Pga Tour 08 (Electronic Arts)
28 (__) [WII] Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Lucasarts)
29 (__) [NDS] My Word Coach (Ubisoft)
30 (__) [NDS] Mysims (Electronic Arts)

31 (29) [360] Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
32 (25) [360] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision)
33 (14) [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
34 (17) [PC] Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
35 (21) [WII] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
36 (16) [PS2] Guitar Hero Iii: Legends Of Rock (Activision)
37 (33) [WII] Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
38 (__) [NDS] Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Ubisoft))
39 (__) [WII] Sonic And The Secret Rings (Sega)

40 (26) [360] Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)


This chart here is exactly what worries me . Cooking mama , brain training , sight training and most of all Mario and sonic olympics . These are the games which are selling ? . You are proud of these fucked up games VF ? WTF is wrong with gamers these days ?
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 14:33
It saddens me to see games such as Mass Effect and Uncharted not surviving the onslaught of " fantastic AAA" titles such as Mario and Sonic and Mario Party 8

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 14:35
I think it' s just the effect of gaming getting more mainstream so other people than " us" are buying games. And they tend to like party games instead of the more complicated, epic and so on stories. For example some people I know who never played games are totally into these games on the PS2 : all the different Buzz, Guitar Hero, Singstar etc. iterations. And it' s not just them, I' ve seen these games amongst the top sellers for a long time now at the biggest online stores here. Even above some great new releases.

I for one don' t care too much about it. They buy their stuff, I buy mine. There will always be some company that wants to create more involved games. Even if other things are what the masses buy.
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 22:44

I think it' s just the effect of the Wii being a relative " steal" compared to the 360, or PS3, with cheap family friendly software to keep the kiddies and aunt Muriel entertained, so other people than " us" are buying games.


Fixed.


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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 26, 2008 23:26

This chart here is exactly what worries me . Cooking mama , brain training , sight training and most of all Mario and sonic olympics . These are the games which are selling ? . You are proud of these ***ed up games VF ? WTF is wrong with gamers these days ?


They have lack of Variation.



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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 01:38


ORIGINAL: Virtua fighter 5


This chart here is exactly what worries me . Cooking mama , brain training , sight training and most of all Mario and sonic olympics . These are the games which are selling ? . You are proud of these ***ed up games VF ? WTF is wrong with gamers these days ?


They have lack of Variation.



No . They lack taste .

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 04:51
Variation...

Taste...

Without a source for the chart, neither matters here.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 06:49
the problem will be in the future if publishing companies (as opposed to developers) see the charts and decide there is much more profit in pumping out mediocre party/family games and they stop doing ' proper' games for gamers. Then we lose out.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 17:35
Solution:



Nuke Japan

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 19:03

No . They lack taste .


No they lack of variation and also love picking and choosing, theres alot more Good to Great titles in that (probably wrong list) List you could of mentioned but instead you like to pick on the few bad ones... well Only bad one was Mario and sonic (cooking Moma, sight and brain training are good in there own right, if you understand anything about involved, directed creativeness, inwhich your braincell clearly can' t ' get' ) even high sales of M&S are understandable, having the two biggest Name franchises in it' s title and all.

If Nintendo likes to lead the way in running rings around it' s competitors with these new type of games and strategy im all for it, so long as it keeps them in the business and i can enjoy the odd ' good' ' fresh' casual game and more importantly enjoy their traditional Killers like MG and the the soon to come SSBB, im happy. [/*** the animation, movement, scaling and overall fluidness of this game puts most PS3, 360 titles to shame, Nintendo are the king of optimization alright.[color]
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 19:57
Thanks VF.

I can' t believe Ghost Squad is selling better than CoD4 on PS3. Not only that, but IMAGINE: BABIES is selling better than Drakes Fortune???

It' s criminal.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 19:59


ORIGINAL: Virtua fighter 5


No . They lack taste .


Only bad one was Mario and sonic (cooking Moma, sight and brain training are good in there own right, if you understand anything about involved, directed creativeness, inwhich your braincell clearly can' t ' get' ) even high sales of M&S are understandable, having the two biggest Name franchises in it' s title and all.



Involved and directed creativeness ? I am sorry , I am 23 and i dont think filling up blanks to complete equations or memorising words is going to help me in any ways . If it works for you then go ahead and play them . I am not trying to start a fanboy fight or anything but i cant stand when good games dont sell . These types of games might be suited for cetain people but when games like uncharted dont sell and i see these games hogging sales i cant stand it .

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 20:51

and more importantly enjoy their traditional Killers like MG and the the soon to come SSBB, im happy. [/*** the animation, movement, scaling and overall fluidness of this game puts most PS3, 360 titles to shame, Nintendo are the king of optimization alright.[color


Yeah once in a decade.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 21:42

Thanks VF.

I can' t believe Ghost Squad is selling better than CoD4 on PS3. Not only that, but IMAGINE: BABIES is selling better than Drakes Fortune???

It' s criminal


In all fairness ild dout GS would ever sell anywhere near the overall sales as COD4.. COD4 has been at the top of the charts since release and is expectedly going slowly down.

BABIES, Yuk, these titles really get my blood boiling.. 3rd party dross..





I am not trying to start a fanboy fight or anything but i cant stand when good games dont sell . These types of games might be suited for cetain people but when games like uncharted dont sell and i see these games hogging sales i cant stand it .


I' m just as angry as you about good games not selling well But what has this got to do with causal Games selling well?, do you really expect these flock of new gamers (who were attracted by the likes of Brain training, Wii sports ECT in the first place) to go and pick up a PS3 and a copy of Uncharted? Not gonna happen, if they was interesting in these types of games, they would of brought a Megadrive / Snes or something as a kid, thus being a ' core' gamer.

Its the Dumb PS3 owners you should be angry with for not supporting and going out and buying its good titles.

Not only that but i have a feeling if Uncharted was to be released on 360 it would of sold really well. So i also blame the PS3 / Sony' s strategy aswell as it' s owners.


Yeah once in a decade


Greyfox, sounds like your just coping what alot of people in forums say who haven' t a clue what their talking about.

Go and find the complete list of inhouse Nintendo Titles made in the last..say 5 years and tell me ONE company that has contributed anywhere near as much Good to Great titles that cover anywhere near as much creative, genre-pushing variety as Nintendo have.. If you do, i' ll send you my PS3 with a copy of VF5 and Uncharted


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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 21:46

the the soon to come SSBB



I never found SSB very appealing! Playing through COD4 now and it shits over anything Nintendo has produced in the last 10 years. (WW is just about as good as the sole exception)

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 21:57


ORIGINAL: Virtua fighter 5

Not only that but i have a feeling if Uncharted was to be released on 360 it would of sold really well.



It would have done 1M+ day one on 360

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 22:01


ORIGINAL: Vx Chemical

Playing through COD4 now and it shits over anything Nintendo has produced in the last 10 years. (WW is just about as good as the sole exception)



Some men like other guys. Not me though, I like women! But not every guy who likes women will like the same women i like. It' s a matter of taste.

Now i' d like to be able to say that every guy who likes women but doesn' t like the women i like has bad taste, ...but i can' t, ...because that would make me an ignorant fuckhead.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 22:02

It would have done 1M+ day one on 360


Yep, 360 owners would of lapped that game up " just another great game to add to my collection" .

BTW, Has PS3 got a Million selling game yet?
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 27, 2008 22:04

Some men like other guys. Not me though, I like women! But not every guy who likes women will like the same women i like. It' s a matter of taste.

Now i' d like to be able to say that every guy who likes women but doesn' t like the women i like has bad taste, ...but i can' t, ...because that would make me an ignorant ***head.


You know I fully agree with what your stating, taste is everything. I just believe i have better taste than everyone else. It sorta comes with megalomania!

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 00:19


ORIGINAL: Virtua fighter 5

BTW, Has PS3 got a Million selling game yet?


A couple. Nothing like the best selling software on 360 but i know that both Resistance and MotorStorm have passed 2M sold.

Uncharted is probably close to a mil, but on 360 it would have passed 2mil by now easy - probably more.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 00:27

Uncharted is probably close to a mil, but on 360 it would have passed 2mil by now easy - probably more.


Sony should have thrown a massive add campaign at Uncharted, that would have moved both consoles and games.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 01:28
At uncharted specifically? Huh, that' s an interesting theory. In my opinion, it would make more sense to try to capitalize on the after-Christmas shopping market by pushing their new(ish) lower price point harder than they have, more than a few (albiet cool) TV spots. It' s been stated that they' ve reduced component costs quite far now, so a console & Uncharted bundle perhaps?

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 01:40

At uncharted specifically?



Look at how far Gears got from massive add campaigns! It was a totally new franchise, while gears might look more appealing in commercials a lot could have been done to add to the sales.

I havent seen a single PS3 TV ad in denmark, when PS2 launched, the third place ads were everywhere!

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 02:06

Look at how far Gears got from massive add campaigns! It was a totally new franchise, while gears might look more appealing in commercials a lot could have been done to add to the sales.


I suppose that' s a good point, but Gears had an exorbitant amount of hype pushed on it for months and months before the launch. Uncharted has somewhat snuck up on the market. Not that I wouldn' t like to see anything by Naughty Dog do well, they' re one of my favorite developers, but I' m not sure it would have the same effect.


I havent seen a single PS3 TV ad in denmark, when PS2 launched, the third place ads were everywhere!

Really? I see ' em on TV all the time, the ones with Saliva playing in the background.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 02:50

Really? I see ' em on TV all the time, the ones with Saliva playing in the background.


Unfortunately, while those ads are a step in the right direction, Sony still has to back up their big guns with big ads, like Vx said. All of the big PS3 titles this year, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted, Lair (crap or not, it was one of their big ones) I know only cause of the internet, but most people out there aren' t like us that investigate into the game industry, they are more contempt watching the stocks increases and falls in the news, as well as the Paris Hilton f8ck ups.

Is not that Microsoft is going out of its way to advertise something like Tenchu Z, but their two biggest franchises go well beyond expectation, and a lot of that can be attributed to their marketing. Halo was a true and tried franchise, but for Gears being the new boy in town, it did much better than just great sales. And hype can only take a game so far. In the case of Uncharted, Heavenly Sword and Lair, they were all pretty hyped titles, but they are not Final Fantasies or Halos, that there is not only hype, but an already established, strong fan base.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 04:16

At uncharted specifically? Huh, that' s an interesting theory. In my opinion, it would make more sense to try to capitalize on the after-Christmas shopping market by pushing their new(ish) lower price point harder than they have, more than a few (albiet cool) TV spots. It' s been stated that they' ve reduced component costs quite far now, so a console & Uncharted bundle perhaps?

Thats on the right track, but why not both? Just use an Uncharted commercial and throw on a 15 second bit at the end showing a PS3 with the price in big bold numbers that a blind person couldnt miss.
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 28, 2008 05:19
According to the most recent issue of Game Informer, Sony spent $150 million on that holiday PS3 ad campaign. I only watch television when visiting my Mom' s place (I just watch movies at home) but I saw those PS3 ads dozens of times in December. I don' t recall seeing any 360 ads. So, with the PS3 still getting hugely outsold for the holiday season, I have to wonder if there' s much more Sony can do. Maybe advertising specific games would help. (Correct me if I' m wrong, but I recall hearing that M$ spent $10 million on the Halo 3 ad campaign.) But maybe the Playstation brand name just seems old and less appealing now.
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 29, 2008 03:35

Playstation brand name just seems old and less appealing now.
Its not the name, its the price and the games, both of which will be fixed by the end of this year.
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 29, 2008 04:15

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 29, 2008 05:09

Its not the name, its the price and the games, both of which will be fixed by the end of this year.


I don' t know what it' s like where you live, but right now in Canada you can pick up a 40GB PS3 for the same price as a Premium 360 so price shouldn' t be an issue with the PS3 anymore.

BTW I have a thought. With the sub par sales on the PS3 for games like Uncharted, and to an extent UTIII, does this now give credence to the assumption that people buy the PS3 as a blu-ray player firstly, and of course whether this was Sony' s big plan the whole time with the PS3?
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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 29, 2008 05:39

BTW I have a thought. With the sub par sales on the PS3 for games like Uncharted, and to an extent UTIII, does this now give credence to the assumption that people buy the PS3 as a blu-ray player firstly, and of course whether this was Sony' s big plan the whole time with the PS3?


Well, I for one have firsthand seen a good chunk of its problems.

I have over 10 good friends with ps3' s, and all but two of them have 360' s. The two without 360' s bought games like Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, CoD4, etc, but the rest of us only bought a couple ps3 games, and a lot of 360 games.

When it comes right down to it, I played my ps3 a lot before I got my 360, and now I barely play it at all, excluding my time on Rock Band. I beat Uncharted, but I didn' t buy it since I had already bought 6 xbox games in the month or so prior.

In my eyes, you will play your ps3 a lot if you don' t have a 360, but if you have a 360, you won' t play it nearly as much. Almost every multi-platform game is better on 360 if you have live, including Burnout and CoD4, both games that are no worse looking or performing on the ps3.

As for being used as a blu ray player, I certainly know a lot of guys that do buy blu rays for it, but none of us bought it with the intention of using it more for movies than games.

I see this all changing in 2008 where I expect to play my ps3 at least as much as my 360. MGS4, LittleBigPlanet!, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Echochrome, Steet Fighter HD Remix, GT5, Motorstorm 2(maybe), Final Fantasy(maybe), are all gonna be huge games for me and so far I don' t see the 360 with a better lineup of games.

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RE: Wii Tie Ratio at 8:1 in December - Jan 29, 2008 05:53

Greyfox, sounds like your just coping what alot of people in forums say who haven' t a clue what their talking about.

Go and find the complete list of inhouse Nintendo Titles made in the last..say 5 years and tell me ONE company that has contributed anywhere near as much Good to Great titles that cover anywhere near as much creative, genre-pushing variety as Nintendo have.. If you do, i' ll send you my PS3 with a copy of VF5 and Uncharted


I was talking about Mario and Super Smash titles.Last mario game was released when? on 1996? (dont know about you but i dont count Mario Sunshine as a true sequel to M64)
And as far as i know theres only one Super Smash title per console so you wont see the next one after Brawl until the next console.

I dont visit other forums lol. Im busy with my studies that i have time to only visit this forum from time to time and post a couple of times every now and then.

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