Thu, Nov 15, 2012 | 22:14 GMT

Wii U game pre-orders hit 1.2 million at GameStop, attach rate higher than Wii launch

Pre-orders for Wii U titles have hit 1.2 million, according to GameStop.

Speaking during a financial call to investors today, the firm’s president Tony Bartel name dropped ZombiU, Assassin’s Creed 3, Black Ops 2, Scribblenauts Unlimited and New Super Mario Bros. U as some of the titles customers have pre-ordered.

Bartel also reiterated it had sold out of its allotted 500,000 Wii U console reserves, which the firm announced back in September.

The retailer also noted the attach rate of Wii U was sitting at 2.4, which is more than double than Wii’s launch, according to GameStop.

Nintendo has predicted an attach rate of 4 for the fiscal year, which is a number third-party publishers look to when deciding whether to invest in developing for a console.

Thanks: Gamasutra, GI International.

4 comments

Digital Bamboo
16/11/12, 11:53 am

Anyone care to explain this “attach rate” thing in more detail?

Does it have anything to do with the number of games a system owner is expected to buy within a certain timeframe?

Just curious.

freedoms_stain
16/11/12, 11:57 am

@1, it’s software sales per machine sold.

It’s not an “expected”, it’s a hard number based on hardware preorders against software preorders, so people are buying more games with their WiiU than they did with the Wii.

ManuOtaku
16/11/12, 12:37 pm

Well the launch line up for the WiiU is more solid than the wii was, so this was kind of expected, zombie U, scriblenauts, super mario, are great tittles, that i will be picking up for sure.

Digital Bamboo
16/11/12, 1:11 pm

@2 Ah, that makes sense. I guess “expected” numbers would be pretty difficult to nail down without a crystal ball. Thanks.