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Nintendo Gaming / RE:WiiSports - What's included?
« on: May 16, 2006, 07:32:10 AM »Quote
Originally posted by: ProtoNY
I have a feeling that Wii Sports might actually be a pack in. I hope that I am right. It is a good little set of party games that appear to be something that might have originated as tech demos. Because of how big Mario games are, I know that we will never likely see one as a pack in again.
Maybe it would be nice to return to their roots and throw us a bone in the box? Probably just being overly optimistic in this case, though...
--Proto
It actually makes a lot of sense for Nintendo to do this. Having a party game included with every Wii along with 2 controllers will get them the kind of exposure they need to see the system. Imagine everyone having these simple little games at their house if they already have a Wii. People will see it and be ablt to play it for themselves. They keep saying playing=believing so why not make it easier for people to play. With MP3 and Zelda as launch titles people may not be able to afford any good multiplayer games for a while. People will not want to try out Zelda or MP3 when they are hanging out at a party or what not, but WiiSports will draw some attention. Even if they do buy Wii Sports how many copies will it sell. Let's say 500000 world wide at 40 bucks which is rather high. If they do that lets say they could have brough back 20Mil in revenue. Now if instead they include the game and a second controller they can up the price of the system a little and the game will advertise Wii everytime someone has company over. Also since the game is 4 player it will practically sell the other 2 Wiimotes which they make for a couple of bucks and sell for realy high profits.
I really hope Nintendo does this in the US because it is in their, and my best interest. I need to get a party game and 4 Wiimotes at launch because we play a lot of 4-player games at my place during cookouts and whatnot. But I don't actually own any of these party games. My GCN and PS2 both have 1 controller alone. My roomates havea GCN and n64 with 4 and an SNES with 5 plus the games. This "advertising" through them has got me to want a Wii with a party game from the get go and I am imagining that having a Wii with fun multiplayer games installed at parties would help sell more systems.
