IGN: Shaun White Takes Wii by Storm

January 26, 2009 - Third-party publisher Ubisoft has found a success story in the Wii-exclusive stunt racer Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip. The title, one of the first to capitalize on Nintendo's Balance Board peripheral (now used by more than 4.5 million Wii Fit owners), sold to 470,000 gamers in North America through December of last year, according to data released to IGN by the NPD Group. Good numbers by any tally, but they are all the more impressive when you consider that Road Trip released on November 16 and therefore amassed nearly 500,000 in sales in about a month and a half.

"The success of Shaun White Snowboarding is a significant milestone for Ubisoft," said Tony Key, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft, when called for comment. "As the company's first foray in the action sports genre and our first franchise tied to a professional athlete, we are delighted to see the game performing well. Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip for Wii has been particularly popular among consumers as the game is compatible with the Wii Balance Board allowing players to simulate the snowboarding experience and be physically thrust into the action."

Although some analysts have suggested that the Wii Balance Board is a one-trick pony, destined for obscurity as soon as the novelty of Wii Fit wears thin, this new data certainly suggests otherwise – undoubtedly to the delight of Ubisoft. If sales of the 8.4-rated Road Trip keep up, the title will before mid-year surpass Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids to become the third-party's most lucrative Wii franchise.

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But decent third-party games don't sell well on the Wii, so this must not really exist...

But decent third-party games don't sell well on the Wii, so this must not really exist...

svetzenlether

not to long ago i thought ubi said wii sucks for third partys and is filled with sholveware i hope they all get cancer or boneitissurrealnumber5

My only regret in life is having boneitis.

Only those who don't follow sales continue to use the meme that third party games don't sell on the Wii. It's an old and tired argument.Zhengi

[QUOTE="svetzenlether"]But decent third-party games don't sell well on the Wii, so this must not really exist...

Fire-of-Njozi

That is very solid reasoning there. Sadly most fans of anything would rather look past the fifteen losses to focus on the one win so they don't have to face the fact their team sucks.

[QUOTE="Fire-of-Njozi"][QUOTE="svetzenlether"]But decent third-party games don't sell well on the Wii, so this must not really exist...

Jade_Monkey

That is very solid reasoning there. Sadly most fans of anything would rather look past the fifteen losses to focus on the one win so they don't have to face the fact their team sucks.

Does a third-party game on the Wii have to sell at least one million copies in order to "sell well"? Can it "sell well" even if it sells at least 100,000 copies?

Not every game has the budget of a Final Fantasy VII or Grand Theft Auto IV.

[QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"][QUOTE="Fire-of-Njozi"] does one exception change the overall trend? If the Detroit Lions had won a game, would that make them "winners"? or would 1-15 make them losers still?Zhengi

That is very solid reasoning there. Sadly most fans of anything would rather look past the fifteen losses to focus on the one win so they don't have to face the fact their team sucks.

Does a third-party game on the Wii have to sell at least one million copies in order to "sell well"? Can it "sell well" even if it sells at least 100,000 copies?

Not every game has the budget of a Final Fantasy VII or Grand Theft Auto IV.

malkiko

[QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"][QUOTE="Fire-of-Njozi"] does one exception change the overall trend? If the Detroit Lions had won a game, would that make them "winners"? or would 1-15 make them losers still?Zhengi

That is very solid reasoning there. Sadly most fans of anything would rather look past the fifteen losses to focus on the one win so they don't have to face the fact their team sucks.

I wasn't judging the Wii on just sales of third party games but quality also. Can you honestly say that there are more quality third party games for the Wii than poor quality games ?

[QUOTE="Zhengi"][QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"]

That is very solid reasoning there. Sadly most fans of anything would rather look past the fifteen losses to focus on the one win so they don't have to face the fact their team sucks.

surrealnumber5

[QUOTE="Zhengi"][QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"]

That is very solid reasoning there. Sadly most fans of anything would rather look past the fifteen losses to focus on the one win so they don't have to face the fact their team sucks.

Jade_Monkey

I wasn't judging the Wii on just sales of third party games but quality also. Can you honestly say that there are more quality third party games for the Wii than poor quality games ?

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="Zhengi"] Maybe you two should actually look at the scoreboard. Third party games are selling on the Wii. The record isn't 1-15. It's 15-1. Zhengi

[QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"][QUOTE="Zhengi"] Maybe you two should actually look at the scoreboard. Third party games are selling on the Wii. The record isn't 1-15. It's 15-1. Zhengi

I wasn't judging the Wii on just sales of third party games but quality also. Can you honestly say that there are more quality third party games for the Wii than poor quality games ?

I don't think you got the metaphor. I was refering to the 15 losses as 15 poor games and the one wina s a good game.

[QUOTE="Zhengi"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]to be fair the sholveware being on the wii its more like 7-9 but that is still respectable surrealnumber5

[QUOTE="Zhengi"][QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"]

I wasn't judging the Wii on just sales of third party games but quality also. Can you honestly say that there are more quality third party games for the Wii than poor quality games ?

Jade_Monkey

I don't think you got the metaphor. I was refering to the 15 losses as 15 poor games and the one wina s a good game.

[QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"][QUOTE="Zhengi"] Where exactly in your post did you talk about quality?Zhengi

I don't think you got the metaphor. I was refering to the 15 losses as 15 poor games and the one wina s a good game.

I was around for the PS2 and I can't honestly say I have seen amounts of shovelware like the Wii has in my 16 years of gaming. I could be wrong, I am just going by what I see in stores.

[QUOTE="Zhengi"][QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"]

I don't think you got the metaphor. I was refering to the 15 losses as 15 poor games and the one wina s a good game.

Jade_Monkey

I was around for the PS2 and I can't honestly say I have seen amounts of shovelware like the Wii has in my 16 years of gaming. I could be wrong, I am just going by what I see in stores.

[QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"][QUOTE="Zhengi"] It's the same for the PS2 and all other consoles that had the highest install base. 1-15. So what is your point?Zhengi

I was around for the PS2 and I can't honestly say I have seen amounts of shovelware like the Wii has in my 16 years of gaming. I could be wrong, I am just going by what I see in stores.

For your sake you better hope so or it will be a long year.

[QUOTE="Zhengi"][QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"]

I was around for the PS2 and I can't honestly say I have seen amounts of shovelware like the Wii has in my 16 years of gaming. I could be wrong, I am just going by what I see in stores.

Jade_Monkey

For your sake you better hope so or it will be a long year.

[QUOTE="Zhengi"][QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"]

That is very solid reasoning there. Sadly most fans of anything would rather look past the fifteen losses to focus on the one win so they don't have to face the fact their team sucks.

Jade_Monkey

I wasn't judging the Wii on just sales of third party games but quality also. Can you honestly say that there are more quality third party games for the Wii than poor quality games ?

NO system has had more quality games than bad quality!

[QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"][QUOTE="Zhengi"] Maybe you two should actually look at the scoreboard. Third party games are selling on the Wii. The record isn't 1-15. It's 15-1. svetzenlether

I wasn't judging the Wii on just sales of third party games but quality also. Can you honestly say that there are more quality third party games for the Wii than poor quality games ?

NO system has had more quality games than bad quality!

maybe so but I don't think any system known to man has had such a bad ratio.

[QUOTE="svetzenlether"][QUOTE="Jade_Monkey"]

I wasn't judging the Wii on just sales of third party games but quality also. Can you honestly say that there are more quality third party games for the Wii than poor quality games ?

Jade_Monkey

NO system has had more quality games than bad quality!

maybe so but I don't think any system known to man has had such a bad ratio.

you were not gaming around the crash or ps1 era were yousurrealnumber5

Been gaming since 1992.