Nintendo defends Wii Music sales, says it’s an “evergreen title”
November 14th, 2008 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii
Wii Sports and Wii Fit have, for the most part, sold at astronomical rates. Though, the same cannot be said for the third brother in the family, Wii Music. Reported NPD numbers say that Wii Music sold more than 50,000 units, which isn’t exactly terrible. However, compared to Wii Fit, Wii Music has garnered a less successful reception. Nintendo wholeheartedly believes in the game, however, and are more than willing to defend the game’s sales.
“You’ll see in [the NPD sales] that it did about somewhere [like] 65 or 66,000 based on our internal numbers for the two weeks that was reported…We’re predicting that it’s going to be an evergreen title. And if you look at titles like ‘Brain Age,’ it’s about the same as what ‘Brain Age’ did during it’s first few weeks and went on to sell 2.5 million copies. ‘Wii Fit’ certainly had a larger launch than that. But I think that people are starting to understand ‘Wii Music.’” – Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo executive vice president of sales and marketing
- DS reaches 100 million sales in Japan Published on: April 17, 2008
- Wii Music sells 50,000 units on first day in Japan Published on: October 17, 2008
- Nintendo News: NPD Reports Nintendo’s Solid U.S. Sales for February Published on: March 14, 2008
- Nintendo News: NPD Says Nintendo DS and Wii Finish 1 and 2 in August U.S. Sales Published on: September 11, 2008
- Famitsu sales thus far Published on: February 4, 2008
6 Responses to “Nintendo defends Wii Music sales, says it’s an “evergreen title””
By JoshZTP2 on Nov 14, 2008
Hey I understood Wii Music completely, when it first appeared back in 2006…
Its those FAN BOYS BASTARDS’ fault for bashing it when it came close to a holiday 2008 release!!!! >:(
>:(
Am I still the only one who has to defend Wii Music as well?!!!!
Come on… not many LOW LIFE FAN BOY SCUM can say that… can they?!!!!!!!!
By xander on Nov 14, 2008
I have wii music and I like. Don’t actually understand what the negative reviews are often talking about, but people who don’t like this game, probably expect something like rock band or guitar hero.
By carlos123 on Nov 14, 2008
I did not like the game, I saw on E3 did not impress me at all, its a wannabe rockband
By Mo on Nov 14, 2008
JoshZTP2 = Typical Fanboy
Wii Music sucks, face it.
By L. Kennedy on Nov 15, 2008
wii music is a pathetic title. wii is screwing over the console industry- if people buy this crap then publishers will think that people prefer the casual cooking mama games rather than the high profile games like bioshock or resistance. Isntead of getting such awesome games in the future we may experience a hike in shovelware, which is all wii is capable of producing- and if your stupid enough to buy a console based on last gen technology with gimicky motion controls that are completely crap (think how you were expecting actual complex wand movements in harry potter but were actually left with “move the wiimote down to cast a spell”) then its your own damn fault if you get shitty wii music crap which replaces high scores and accuracy with air-guitar (whos looking stupid now losers). Face it fanboys- actual console sale rates aside (not bringing that into the picture because there are obiously a lot of stupid people out there buying the wii)- the wii is mutton dressed as lamb- crappy specs, shovelware games, no HDD, pathetic online play and motion sensing controls (ohh wow) that dont get recognised by the motion bar if your more than a metre away- ever heard of bluetooth motion sensing?
By Jim on Nov 15, 2008
what turn me off the most is that the sound quality is sooo poor, they should have done some decent record sessions!