Iwata: Virtual Console Sales Slowing Down

via wired

Nintendo has sold 3.3 million games on its Virtual Console download service worldwide, the company's president Satoru Iwata told the Japanese press yesterday.

On January 24 of this year, Nintendo announced that sales on the Wii's downloadable retro games service had topped 1.5 million; today's news means that sales have more than doubled in the three months since. However, since Wii launched in November, this means that sales are actually dropping off, month on month, as the userbase increases.

1.5 million in two months is not a bad number. 1.8 million in the three months that follow, when the userbase is exploding, is not necessarily a good follow-up.

a) In the USA the lineup of normal games is already good

b) Users of modern TVs using component cables facing issues with the virtual console which cause problems in most old games

c) The current releases are not that interesting

There would be more if they launch better games on the V. Console.

fortunately, VC is costing Nintendo so little money comparatively. even if they only sell 100,000 games, theyre making money

I am waiting for them to release Chip n' Dale (Nes), Super Mario Kart (SNES) and Goldeneye (N64).

Part of the reason could also be because people are running out of space on their Wii, and either don't want to transfer or don't know that they can transfer to their PC through an SD card.

And yeah, Chip n' Dale is an awesome game.