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Wii Holiday Game Sales Exceed 8 Games Per Unit, Xbox 360 Dominates Lifetime Attachment Rate

by Chris Faylor, Jan 25, 2008 11:25am PST
Related Topics – xbox 360, NPD

Continuing the recent barrage of sales numbers and their numerous interpretations, the sales-tracking firm NPD Group informed IGN that the Wii had the highest software to hardware sales ratio across the past holiday season.

During December, North American consumers bought an average of 8.11 Wii titles for every Wii console sold in that timeframe. The Xbox 360 ratio was just a bit lower, coming in at

7.76 games for every unit, while the PlayStation 3 moved 5.04 games for every piece of hardware.

The Xbox 360, meanwhile, has dominated the lifetime ratio with an impressive 7.0 attach rate since launch.

Despite the Wii's impressive holiday figure, its overall lifetime ratio is substantially lower. Since launch, Wii software has only sold an average of 4.64 pieces for every unit. The PlayStation 3's holiday numbers more closely match its overall figure, which is 4.26.


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    By: Schnapple x
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    Well currently I have seven games

    Wii Sports - ok, this one doesn't count
    Wii Play - wanted a second controller and the Wife loves the tank game
    Super Mario Galaxy
    Zelda: Twilight Princess
    Metroid Prime 3
    Metal Slug Anthology - because Metal Slug is fucking awesome
    Red Steel - because it was $7.99 at Circuit City and why the hell not?

    But it's funny, the Nintendo fanatics like me do this dance every few years. New Nintendo System. Buy said Nintendo system. And the Mario game. And the Zelda game. And the Metroid game. And some ofther game. And get barraged to subscribe to Nintendo Power. And read the new warnings in the manual. And then game buying slows to the usual pace, but at the outset you buy games for the new console like a motherfucker.
    Jan 25, 2008 12:35pm PST