New Wii games find a big (but stingy) audience

Nintendo has caught a wider net of potential customers for lower-price Wii, but game sales have also been slower with this softer audience.
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[m.meister]

Game Pricing is an issue

I am a Wii owner and I can tell you that the $50 price tag plays a
big role in the purchasing decisions. I have purchased a couple
game at $50 only to find them total dogs. They don't take
advantage of the Wii and/or are just not fun. Paying $100 to find
that out stings.

With a few exceptions, I really think that a lot of these games
should be more like $29.95 (or maybe $39.95 - if it's a good
game).

I did buy Lego Star Wars and liked it enough that I'll probably buy
Lego Batman or Lego Indiana Jones. If they were $39.95, I'd
probably buy both. But it is a $50 gamble each time I buy a game.

[macmanmk]

Rent first

I've taken to renting games first before I buy and I've saved a lot of money. I loved Resident Evil 4 and was tempted to buy Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles the day it went on sale. Glad I decided to try it out first as the new game was awful.

Software houses really do need to find a way to get their games out there in the $30-$40 range if they want to make a decent number of sales. Case in point...six out of the seven titles I own were bought in that price range. I do have Wii Fit on pre-order because I suspect it will be next to impossible to find on its release date and I also decided to pre-order We Ski because video I've seen of the game looks entertaining, but more importantly, it's priced at only $29.99.

[ncaissie]

I Agree

People are buying the not only because the innovative controls but because it's a lot cheaper then the other 2. The Games need to be cheaper also. Top selling games should not be more than $40.

[jcramner]

Wii Updates

The game was inserted and all we had to do was download some Wii updates and Super Smash Bros was up and running in less than 5 minutes.