Despite having just three games that currently support it, Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus has done some serious business since its release last month. As Ars Technica reports, NPD analyst Anita Frazier found that the Wiimote add-on sold 169,000 units in its first month on store shelves. When combined with those Wii MotionPluses that were bundled with EA’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (272,400 units, but there’s no mention of how many of those were bundles vs. game only), you have yourself one successful little product.
What’s even more impressive is that the Wii MotionPlus did all this business without the help of Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort, which goes on sale next week. Call me koopa, but I’m going to say that at least a dozen units of the game will be sold in the coming weeks, but I could be way off. Guess we’ll just have to wait until the final sales numbers are in to find out.
How many people have bought all three Wii MotionPlus bundles so far? Anyone holding out on making the jump to 1:1 motion control until Wii Sports Resort is released?
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friendofbud666
I bought them for the lady, she loves it. You should've seen the look on her face when she bought them for the 4 motes we have, and told her they don't work with the games we currently own. I love the wii for the virtual console. The new games look like 32bit garbage. My Colecovision was better than a box I constantly have to stick my money into, that won't let me even find my friends without knowing their wii #! Suck it Nintendo!
StrongestSaiyan
Every time the Motion+ comes up I think of the Zero Punctuation after the 2008 E3 where Yahtzee points out that Nintendo's big announcement was that the WIi would do what it was supposed to have done in the first place.
leakime
meh i'm happy with my wii the way it is. for the amount i play it i have no need of a balance board or the motion plus thing. Sony and Microsoft don't make us buy this crap so I'm not buying any of the wii add-ons. come on nintendo give me something to make me excited about my wii again until you do i will happily enjoy my far superior PS3
h4x121
thought the wii was a sweet idea when it came out...and so far no one has done anything spectacular with it. Now they want me to spend another $20 for each controller...so what is the cost of a controller now $40(remote)+20(nunchuk)+20(mot ion plus)= 80 total. Awesome $80 for a controller that probably still wont work well. Nintendo is starting to get almost as bad as MS with costs. Pretty soon they are gonna charge for online, wii live anyone?
Nightshade386
@pwnproof: Eh, I don't play Halo, so I don't know.
JohnnyBuku
Our Wii just sits there unused so i have no motivation to buy these. Bought the wii board about a year ago hoping that would get us to use the wii more, but the novely of that wore off quickly. I really wanted to like the Wii and totally admire Nintendo for innovating, but for myself and my sons the wii experience does not match what we get on our other next gen console.
I think Nintendo should look to upgrade to an HD version of the Wii soonest before the other 2 console makers get their (what looks to be) superior motion controller schemes on the market. And maybe some great games besides the normal tired in-house franchises.
SlickyFats
It is probably selling so well because people are UNINFORMED. A lot of people I know think it is going to fix a bunch of their older games.
Nightshade386
@Bonerjam: Considering your screenname, your last post sounds exceively dirty.....
Nightshade386
@jwebb1970: No, because Microsoft & Sony didn't promise precision motion controls out of the box the way Nintendo did. That's the difference.
Nightshade386
@Pawnproof: I don't have a problem with DLC. It's generally staggard and adds to the life of a game. Plus one game does not cost nearly as much as one launch console, even with DLC.
And yes, I know there's a reply button but for some reason it's not letting me post on the reply section from my laptop today. I don't know why....
BONERJAM
I literally have not touched my Wii in 6+ months.
K_BIT
Only thing that I think is worth getting the Wii Motion Plus addon for is Red Steel 2 (and possibly the new Legend of Zelda, if it uses it). Either that, or experiment with my other games and see how it affects gameplay. Other than that, I don't see much of a reason to get the darn thing.
nowhere2hide139
so we need to pay for wm+ because our remotes dont sense well enough. fantastic
jwebb1970
@ Nightshade386;
WM+ is only an admission that Ninty could not have put such tech into Wiimotes @ launch due to costs (would have casued Wii's retail price to jump - big deal in 2006) & size - WM+ tech has only recently been able to be shrunk down to a little plastic dongle. Ninty has been looking @ 1:1 motion control from the get go - only now can it be implemented @ the right size & cost.
Should Natal or Sony's "dildo-mote" have been issued from the get go?
Hrolf
great now the elderly will break their wrists with new motion controls..
rhys1882
Wii Sports Resort looks like it could be fun. I think I will check it out. I am excited for some new Wii Sports games, I enjoyed the first for a while, and the 1:1 motion plus looks pretty good.
Nightshade386
All the people boycotting L4D2 demanding it oughta be free should take aim at Nintendo instead. Releasing Wii Motion Plus at all is an admission that their motion controls don't work they way they'd originally claimed they would. So forcing people to pay for something that should have been a part of the console you bought in the first place is absurd. Especially since more and more games are going to come out REQUIRING Wii Motion Plus to work.
T_Rexx
No surprise there!
Wii is a casual as casual gets...!
Little 8-12yrs kids, golden age homes and such.
And Oh!!... The hot babes to impress, no wonder why it's a success already.
Tmidiman
I bought one wm+ and kept the receipt just incase Wii sports resport is not good. Might buy one more, but we'll see.
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