The Top 10 Games on WiiWare/VC - August 2009 - Sales & Statistics - News

by VGChartz Staff , posted on 10 September 2009 / 10,469 Views

Following on yesterday's media release of the top selling iPhone games, FADE (Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC) has provided us with a media sample of its August report for WiiWare and Virtual Console.

There are currently over 200 WiiWare titles and 500 Virtual Console titles available worldwide (though not all are available in every region). Despite the greater number of Virtual Console titles available, according to FADE, August 2009 marks the first month where WiiWare revenue exceeded Virtual Console revenue - thanks mostly to the increased price points of WiiWare games.

The greater number of Virtual Console titles available would also indicate that each individual title is earning more revenue on WiiWare. To illustrate this point, FADE has provided the following graphs showing the distribution of monthly revenue for each service.

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The graphs indicate that it's easier to make money on WiiWare due to lower competition and higher accepted price points. However, since WiiWare games also require a more significant development budget, the likelihood of profitability is not necessarily greater for WiiWare. Regardless, both markets are top-heavy, with most of the revenue going to a small percentage of titles, and two-third of all WiiWare titles bringing in less than $25,000 a month worldwide.

FADE also provided the top 10 titles worldwide for both WiiWare and Virtual Console:

TM	LM	WiiWare Games	Publisher	Monthly Sales	Change	LTD Sales	Price*
1	3	Melee! Pokémon Scramble	Nintendo	18,700	-25%	81,800	1500
2	5	My Aquarium	Hudson	18,700	-13%	490,600	500
3	2	Final Fantasy IV: The After Years	Square Enix	17,900	-36%	79,300	800
4	6	My Pokemon Ranch	Nintendo	17,800	-8%	700,700	1000
5	13	Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1	Telltale Games	15,200	45%	25,700	1000
6	NE	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad!	Nintendo	15,100	New	15,100	1200
7	4	Reel Fishing Challenge	Natsume	15,000	-37%	43,500	500
8	NE	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad!	Nintendo	14,300	New	14,300	1200
9	NE	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad!	Nintendo	13,400	New	13,400	1200
10	7	Texas Hold'Em Tournament	Digital Leisure	13,100	-28%	88,800	500

TM	LM	Virtual Console Games	Platform	Publisher	Monthly Sales	Change	LTD Sales	Price*
1	1	Super Mario Bros. 3	NES	Nintendo	50,800	-13%	2,143,300	500
2	2	Super Mario Bros.	NES	Nintendo	36,400	-18%	2,105,500	500
3	3	Super Mario World	SNES	Nintendo	21,100	-13%	1,400,500	800
4	4	Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, the	N64	Nintendo	15,800	-26%	136,100	1000
5	5	Super Mario 64	N64	Nintendo	14,100	-18%	1,180,700	1000
6	6	Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the	N64	Nintendo	12,400	-18%	954,200	1000
7	7	Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	Nintendo	11,400	-17%	787,900	500
8	8	Mario Kart 64	N64	Nintendo	11,200	-16%	1,317,900	1000
9	9	Legend of Zelda, the	NES	Nintendo	8,900	-21%	735,200	500
10	10	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	SNES	Nintendo	8,100	-15%	271,100	800

* Prices are in Wii Points. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time cost 1200 points in Japan; Super Mario RPG costs 900 points in PAL regions and in Japan.

FADE offers multiple products for digital markets including Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare and Virtual Console, and Mobile Markets which include iPhone and Android systems.

To contact FADE to purchase their August 2009 report for the WiiWare/Virtual Console market (containing listings for the top 30 games for each service worldwide - over 60 total for WiiWare and over 100 total for Virtual Console - and top 20 games for each service in each major region) please visit their website at www.fadellc.com, or contact their sales department at sales@fadellc.com

TM	LM	Virtual Console Games	Platform	Publisher	Monthly Sales	Change	LTD Sales	Price*
1	1	Super Mario Bros. 3	NES	Nintendo	50,800	(13)%	2,143,300	500
2	2	Super Mario Bros.	NES	Nintendo	36,400	(18)%	2,105,500	500
3	3	Super Mario World	SNES	Nintendo	21,100	(13)%	1,400,500	800
4	4	Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, the	N64	Nintendo	15,800	(26)%	136,100	1000**
5	5	Super Mario 64	N64	Nintendo	14,100	(18)%	1,180,700	1000
6	6	Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the	N64	Nintendo	12,400	(18)%	954,200	1000**
7	7	Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	Nintendo	12,400	(9)%	787,900	500
8	8	Mario Kart 64	N64	Nintendo	11,200	(16)%	1,317,900	1000
9	9	Legend of Zelda, the	NES	Nintendo	8,900	(21)%	735,200	500
10	10	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	SNES	Nintendo	8,100	(15)%	271,100	800**

16 Comments

sethnintendo (on 21 July 2011)

I thought that World of Goo would be up there on WiiWare titles.

woopah (on 14 September 2009)

@trestres

maybe to give more spce for third parties? or maybe to give more attnetion to wiiware. i remember when they first announced wiiware they said they wanted the attention to be on small indie devs. Hence the Wii are Wiiware series

noname2200 (on 12 September 2009)

I wonder: if Nintendo did more to promote WiiWare and Virtual Console, would sales go up significantly? Or is the situation similar on Live (which Microsoft promotes fairly well)?

Oh, and boooo at Majora's low sales!

Wii_Master (on 12 September 2009)

I have never bought anything from Wii Shop Channel

yet!

jessegatepoo (on 12 September 2009)

I have never really gotten into the Virtual console and Wiiware, I really should.
Lots of money for Ninty.

Hardcoregamer1989 (on 12 September 2009)

emilie autumn

that's because alot of people never played it like me,

emilie autumn (on 11 September 2009)

finally something where majoras mask is above ocarina of time

Jumpin (on 10 September 2009)

Final Fantasy 4 sequel is really good. I have played all of the chapters so far except the finale. REALLY good deal.

moondeep (on 10 September 2009)

I think the VC prices should be a lower by 100-200 pts each, and probably by the same amount for most of the WW games. There are too many WW games in the 1000-1500 pt range. $10-15 is too much for people when they can buy great disk-based Wii games online for $20 or less with free shipping and no tax typically. Also, used games can be had for $15.

famousringo (on 10 September 2009)

I've got a funny feeling that we might know one or two of these people at FADE. ;P

There is way too much Pokemon on that WiiWare chart.

blunty51 (on 10 September 2009)

Hmm...I don't know if this is good or bad or what. I mean the majority of titles fall into the lowest brackets, but as it's WiiWare, i don't know if it's all that bad?

FreeTalkLive (on 10 September 2009)

Wow, great charts, well, except for Pokemon took over everything. Seriously, the WW charts don't need 6 RPGs. It looks like Japan is owning the WW charts.

trestres (on 10 September 2009)

I wonder why Nintendo stopped releasing 1st party VC games. There are still a lot of great games that need to come out, but now they release 1st party VC games like every 6 months.

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