It's hard to complain about a $10 game, but after reading some reviews, I think I'm going to pick up a Classic Controller and get Super Mario World on the Virtual Console instead.
we dont talk about players who buy it because the old one broke. we talk about parents who need a gift for b-day/religious/otherwise events. They usualy have NO idea what games are played at the kids partys or similar occasions. But deals like this are almost guarantied to make the kid happy (if it likes the game its cool, if not it at least is happy with that weird nukku-thingy, whatever it could be ). So they buy.
Monkspider's post on Lost Planet ratings also shows some pretty poor ratings for Wii Play...averaging 57% right now on gamerankings.com. I don't know how much ratings matter for a product like this but it may deter some people into just saving $10 with the regular Wii-mote package.
50% may be a tad generous, but even if the percentage is as low as 10% there's still a nice return at 60 million owners. And personally, I think 10% is more in line, only because I cannot possibly see them not making a Wii Play 2 later in the console's life.
This stock could be a total home run. Wii Play may be treated as the must get extra controller accessory if people figure the extra $10 they pay for the games is worth it. Most people getting the Wii probably want to get an additional controller at some point since the console is very party friendly. If just 50% of the forecasted 60 million Wii customers decide to get their 2nd controller with Wii Play, this stock would be the biggest return yet.
This stock looks very promising. Being one of the launch titles from Japan it was extremely popular. When it is released in the US it is going to be hugely popular here also.
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