Wii Music Sells Under 81,000 Copies in October

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  • 11/16/2008 at 12:31 am #11921
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      Wii Music sells under 81,000 in Oct.

      When the NPD Group released its October sales figures yesterday, one title was noticeably absent from the top 10–Wii Music. For weeks, cash-flush Nintendo has been heavily hyping the title, the last of the “Big Four” nontraditional properties–along with Wii Sports, Wii Play, and Wii Fit–conceived to appeal to nongamers. It even brought out legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto to show off his latest creation to the US press.

      Got a spooky chamber organ in that orchestra?

      Unfortunately, it seems not even a media blitz aided by the charms of the creator of Donkey Kong could spark Wii Music fever. According to raw NPD data, Wii Music sold just under 81,000 units in the 11 days after it went on sale on October 20. The number is merely a fraction of the 687,700 units Wii Fit moved domestically in a similar period when it went on sale on April 19.

      click here for more of this story. LMAO:p

      I do not want Trophies, Money or not even a title saying I am number "1". You can have your cheap trophies, paper titles, and dingy headbands. I am a "STORY" to my peers, a "LEGEND" for your kids to hear, and a "FOLKLORE" to keep you from dieing with fear - [b]Calvin D. Kates aka Chauncy "TRU" Talon. [/b]
      11/16/2008 at 2:52 am #31401
      Arthur
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        wwooooww, thats sooo much les than i thought it would sell, those numbers are horrible!

        11/16/2008 at 1:31 pm #31413
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          Is Nintendo’s run coming to a halt? Probably not yet but these numbers look bad by Nintendo’s current sales standards. Consider that Wii Fit sold 687,700 units when it hit stores and that Wii Play sold 282,000 units last month. The people have spoken with their wallets and this seems like a FLOP of sorts by Nintendo’s typical sales averages. Wii Music has been getting bad reviews by just about every publication. Wii Music has a metacritic score of 62.

          When you consider that Wii music has been marketed pretty heavily this does not bode well for Nintendo at all. This may be a sign of negative buzz from scorned “core” games trickling down to the “casual” consumers. Its only a matter of time. Thanks for the head up C. Talon.

          Source: GAMESPOT… read more…

          11/16/2008 at 5:19 pm #31421
          Arthur
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            maybe people want this for christmas, so their parents haven’t copped it yet, well most parents haven’t anyway, maybe

            but me personally, i hope it just flops, yeah you c’say it, i’m a hater

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