Nintendo Hardware and Software sales - Famicom to 3DS

[Rob2600]

Well, in all fairness, they are including Wii Sports in the total sales and therefore the attach rate, so it's not like that represented an actual sale since it was a free pack-in.

All Nintendo consoles have had pack-ins, so it's a fair comparison to previous Nintendo console attach rates. All three current consoles have had pack-ins too, so again, of course it's a fair comparison.

Also, given the vast size of the shovelware and sub $20 library on the Wii, it's not really a sign that sales of software are robust especially since both PS3 and 360 have similar attach rates, but much higher overall software pricing

That makes absolutely no sense. That's like saying "The fact that the PlayStation had a higher attach rate than the N64 doesn't count, because PlayStation had a lot more budget-priced shovelware." There are plenty of lower-priced games on the Xbox 360 and PS3, but even if there weren't, that isn't Nintendo's fault.

I just can't believe that now Nintendo is being scorned for possibly having a higher amount of cheaper games than competing consoles, when back in the N64 days, Nintendo was scorned for having more expensive games. For some reason when it comes to Nintendo, the haters are constantly moving the goal posts. Do you want cheaper games or do you want more expensive games? Pick one and stick with it. And a game sale counts as a game sale, regardless of whether Microsoft charges $60 per game or Nintendo charges $20 per game.

You initially posted "The tie ratio for the Wii is *higher* than it was for the NES and SNES!" so I was reacting a bit more to that, to clarify.

I see, thanks for clarifying.