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January 5th, 2010Nintendo: 80 percent of female console gamers prefer Wii
November 27th, 2009
Nintendo’s resident name jotter-downer and kiester-kicker recently divulged to BMO Capital Markets attendees that the Wii is outperforming its rivals when it comes to female gamers. According to its estimates (via Kotaku), 80 percent of the female console gaming crowd prefers Wii over the alternatives. With an estimated 11.7 million female console gamers in the Americas — it’s important to note this data of Nintendo’s doesn’t take into account DS owners or PC users — the figure comes out to roughly nine million ladies waggling their way into the fun zone.
WiiWare Demo Program Proving Successful
November 26th, 2009
World of Goo climbed to 9th/4th place on the US chart this past week after sitting in 13th/7th. Bit.Trip Beat returned to the chart in 19th/14th place as well after a period of non-appearance.
NyxQuest did not crack any of the Top 20s, but five slots normally reserved for paid downloads are occupied by freebies. It’s entirely possible that the game is sitting in 16th place.
Pokemon Rumble was released alongside its demo and has stayed at or near the top spot in all three territories.
As one of the most successful WiiWare releases, both critically and commercially, World of Goo is no stranger to the top of the charts. While it doesn’t enjoy that luxury as often anymore, 2D Boy’s Kyle Gabler noted that the demo service was a nice boost.
“I haven’t looked at the demo numbers in detail, but at a glance, and having heard from two other developers with new demos, we’ve all seen a definite increase in sales,” he said.
Alex Neuse of Gaijin Games, the studio behind the Bit.Trip series, would love to see the demo service extend beyond its experimental nature.
“I think that the WiiWare service has so much to offer that any amount of marketing effort that The Big N puts behind it is very well spent,” he said. “I would love to see Nintendo flex its marketing muscle more on the downloadable services.”
Demos may be a nice first step for the advertising-starved service, but in order for the service to really take off like developers and Nintendo want it to, greater awareness should be raised outside of gaming circles to hit the very market that made the Wii and DS so successful in the first place.
“When I tell non-tech-savvy friends ‘Hey, I made a game and it’s for Wii! You can download it from WiiWare!’, it would be nice if they didn’t respond ‘So that means I can buy it at Target? In a box? What? I can connect the Wii and download the internet into it?’,” Gabler said. “With however many millions of Wii’s out there, it sure seems like a small percentage actually knows they can get games that aren’t on a disc, or even that non-disc games exist. It might be easier if consoles were ‘always connected’ with magic like the Kindle.”
All the great Rock Bands started at Old Navy
November 25th, 2009
We can’t tell you the number of times we’ve been packed into the mall during holiday season like angry, sweater-draped sardines and thought “This is great, but what if four people could swing plastic instruments around and warble an off-key version of ‘Thunderstruck’ just a few feet from us?” Finally, a retailer has stepped up to cater to our needs as Old Navy has announced it’ll be putting Rock Band kiosks in 700 of its stores beginning on Black Friday.
Also, on Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, those who spend more than $25 at the store will get a free Rock Band track to take home, though we can’t imagine why you’d want to play Rock Band at home when you could be playing in Old Navy.