Logistics | October 12, 2025
How Many Copies Does A WiiWare Game Need To Sell_
Last week, Gamasutra heard whispers about Nintendo placing sales criteria on WiiWare games. If developers didn’t reach them, they wouldn’t get paid. Well, we now know just how many they need rummy nobel to sell.
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-strangling-profits-for-wiiware-developers-5212277
Courtesy of a developer “familiar” with the subject, rummy royal these are the targets a WiiWare game has to meet before the creators start seeing profits (and if/when they do, what that profit breakdown is).
North America
If game is over 16MB – 6,000 units
If game is under 16MB – 4,000 units
Europe
If game is over 16MB – 3,000 units
If game is under 16MB – 2,000 units
Once those goals are met, the developer starts seeing a return (which is based upon every sale, not just those made once Yono all app the target is reached). And that return is split 65/35 between the developers/Nintendo.
Games have two years to hit their mark. If they haven’t hit it by then, sorry, no dice.
Interesting that games are divided according to size, which seems pretty arbitrary. On the bright side, though, that profit split is a healthy one, particularly if a small team is able to create a cheap game that beats the sales targets.
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