Wii sells lots of consoles, not so many games

As we've been preaching for some time, the Wii has a much lower attach rate than other consoles (that's the magic number of games-per-console consumers buy). We often tried to explain to one of our Nintendo-loving colleagues that even tough the Wii has sold more systems than other consoles, it wasn't as big a moneymaker for Nintendo as one might think, because the real profit comes from $50-60 games, not a low-profit-margin box of hardware that sells for close to what it cost to make.

Now the New York Times is confirming our suspicions, pointing out today that, "The average Wii owner buys only 3.7 games a year, compared with 4.7 for Xbox 360 owners and 4.6 for PlayStation 3 owners." The Times goes on to say that Super Smash Brothers Brawl sold more than 1.4 million copies its first week, but, "sales dropped more than 90 percent over the first four weeks.

It'll take a lot more than that to sink the super-popular Wii -- but take a survey of your Wii-owning friends who aren't typical gamers and see if they regularly buy new games, or if they're just happy to play Wii Sports over and over again -- the answer may surprise you.

Guitar Hero Mobile Hits Blackberry

Blackberry might be the phone of choice for office stiffs, but today Hands-On Mobile announced that its mobile-ready rendition of Guitar Hero III has been released on the pervasive smartphone. Get ready to loosen that tie and rock out!

Similar to the game Wii, PS3, 360 and soon, the Nintendo DS version, play along to a tracklist of 15 songs, which including 'Woman' by Wolfmother, 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath and the Scorpions' 'Rock You Like a Hurricane.' To see if your phone is ready to rock, text 'GH' to 46966*

Source: GameDaily Biz

Guitar Hero Controllers in Living Color



ColorWare, the Minnesota-based company that lets gadget geeks custom-color their iPods, DS Lites and game systems has just added Guitar Hero controllers for Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to their lineup. Send in your own guitar for a fresh coat of color for $99 or get a new customized version for $188 or more, depending on how pimped you want your guitar. We have yet to order anything from the ColorWare, but the interface on the site is super simple to use. Source: Engadget

(Re)Building the Perfect PSP

PSP's second analog stick

Now, this is what Sony should have done with the PlayStation Portable in the first place. An enterprising gearhead nicknamed L0rdNic0 has ripped up his PSP and rebuilt it with two analog control sticks.

If you've ever tried to play a first-person shooter on the PSP, you know this is pure genius, and we hope Sony will rip this guy's idea off without delay for the next-gen PSP.

HD DVD says bye-bye


Sure Toshiba and its partners gave up on HD DVD back in February, but they only now got around to formally disbanding the official HD DVD trade Group. Or, as they so eloquently put it:

"The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved as of March 28, 2008, and the website was closed accordingly."

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