Wii Fit Sneaking Up On GTA IV
Despite predictions, it's looking more and more like Rockstar's Wii Fit [http://www.rockstargames.com/iv] as the best-selling game of the year.
Back in April, analyst Daniel Ernst of Hudson Square Research Enterbrain [http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/analyst-gta-iv-to-lead-all-game-sales-in-08-with-13m-sold-/?biz=1] showed that as of late August, Grand Theft Auto IV had punched out roughly 6.3 million units, compared to 3.6 million for Wii Fit.
But like the famous race between the Testudine and the Lagomorph, slow and steady may yet put the hit Wii [http://www.wii.com] game on top. Wii Fit sales in the U.S. are continuing to do well on the NPD sales charts, which ranked the game in fourth place in August and second in September; meanwhile, Grand Theft Auto IV appears to have blown a gasket, and doesn't even make the top 20 anymore.
"Wii Fit is attaching at around a 30 percent rate, so I suppose if that continues, it will outsell GTA," said Wii Play [http://www.wedbushinc.com/], is "essentially evergreen." He added that if Wii Fit does come out on top, it will be "less of a comment on GTA than a comment on the potential for other games to thrive."
"I consider Wii Fit more of a platform than a game, as I think the compelling feature is the potential for other games like Jillian Michaels Fitness [http://www.shaunwhitegame.com/]."
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Despite predictions, it's looking more and more like Rockstar's Wii Fit [http://www.rockstargames.com/iv] as the best-selling game of the year.
Back in April, analyst Daniel Ernst of Hudson Square Research Enterbrain [http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/analyst-gta-iv-to-lead-all-game-sales-in-08-with-13m-sold-/?biz=1] showed that as of late August, Grand Theft Auto IV had punched out roughly 6.3 million units, compared to 3.6 million for Wii Fit.
But like the famous race between the Testudine and the Lagomorph, slow and steady may yet put the hit Wii [http://www.wii.com] game on top. Wii Fit sales in the U.S. are continuing to do well on the NPD sales charts, which ranked the game in fourth place in August and second in September; meanwhile, Grand Theft Auto IV appears to have blown a gasket, and doesn't even make the top 20 anymore.
"Wii Fit is attaching at around a 30 percent rate, so I suppose if that continues, it will outsell GTA," said Wii Play [http://www.wedbushinc.com/], is "essentially evergreen." He added that if Wii Fit does come out on top, it will be "less of a comment on GTA than a comment on the potential for other games to thrive."
"I consider Wii Fit more of a platform than a game, as I think the compelling feature is the potential for other games like Jillian Michaels Fitness [http://www.shaunwhitegame.com/]."
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