Sometimes you need to read a headline twice just to make sure you took all of that information in correctly, and we reckon this is one of those moments. Yes, you did read that correctly, Just Dance 2020 has managed to sell more copies on the 13-year-old Nintendo Wii than the current generation PlayStation 4 in the United Kingdom.
As reported by our friends over at Nintendo Life, the PS4 version made up just 14% of the game's total opening week sales, while the Wii edition boasts of a 21% market share. Hell, the Xbox One version does even worse with only 10% of the title's sales coming from the team in green. This means that combined sales across the Sony and Microsoft systems only just managed to beat out a console two generations old.
Whether that speaks to how little interest PS4 players across the United Kingdom have in dancing or just how popular the Nintendo Wii continues to be we're not entirely sure, but it's still incredibly impressive readings for the motion-based system. To be fair though, PlayStation users did have the likes of Death Stranding to play for the past couple of days.
Were you one of the few who bought a copy of Just Dance 2020 on PS4? Come on, own up in the comments below.
[source nintendolife.com]
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You mean a motion-controlled compilation of mini-game-esque gimmickry sold most of its copies on a console that defined itself and its legacy with nothing but motion-control gimmickry and mini-game compilations?
I'm shocked. Shocked and hungry.
That is surprising. I didn’t know the Wii still had games made for it. Also, what are the other sales for it? That leaves 55% percent of the game’s sales left.
not surprising to me & the people I know with a PS4 we would not take a free copy of the game 🤣 🤣
@Jaz007 Nintendo Switch sales.
Wii live in a society.
People who may never have bought a games console before or since, probably still have a Wii! Makes total sense to me, which is why they keep releasing them.
Wii means life, I think.
Boy you can tell its gonna be a slow news day when I jump on here and this is the first article I see lol.
Wii U also plays Wii games pretty easily so the 8 or 9 people in the UK who have a Wii U still hooked up could have purchased a copy as well. Wii U copies would have made up less than 1% if they made that an option so more sales, less work for them.
Playing this on the Switch Lite must be pretty weird though. How does that even work? Guess I should go ask that question on NL.
@RogerRoger That's a bit harsh to Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Metroid Prime 3 and The Twilight Princess, isn't it?
@rjejr Using joycons and squinting really hard at the tiny screen, I guess.
@ShaiHulud ...and to a whole bunch of other outstanding Wii games, both first-party and third-party, but you've gotta admit that the console's legacy is one of motion controls and simple, broad-appeal software.
I love the Wii. It genuinely bridged the divide between gamers and non-gamers; it even made my Dad turn to me and ask "Do you think I should get one?" Many a family gathering ended up huddled around the TV, pretending to bowl, with everybody from eight to eighty engaged, laughing and having fun. No other console had done that before, and none have since, either.
As @verynaughtyboy states above, the Wii has a reputation, one it should totally own and be proud of. It achieved something unique, something just as important as 4K this or 60fps that... perhaps even moreso, as this article would seem to evidence.
You really are pushing death stranding aren't you have you ever heard the term flogging a dead horse?
Where did they even buy this game? I get imagine places like Game or even Tesco selling it. Was it an online only purchase?
@RogerRoger I've clearly interpreted your first comment a bit harsher than it was meant!
The only other console that did something similar in my experience was the NES, which was the only time in my life I've seen my father play a video game: Duck Hunt.
I'd love to see a Venn diagram of people who play Death Stranding and Just Dance! 😉
@ShaiHulud No, I probably should've been clearer with my language; this is a PlayStation site, after all. Pretty sure the five little heart icon clicks I got are from folks thinking I was criticising the Wii.
Gotta hand it to Nintendo for continually trying to make gaming accessible for all, even when they're swimming against the tide.
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