WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (WWE '09) was released on the Wii on November 9, 2008; and WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (WWE '10) was released on October 20, 2009. Just this past Tuesday, October 26, WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 was released.
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 has had 716 days of game-play data reported, while WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 has had 371 days of game-play data reported, through the Wii's Nintendo Channel.
Do the reported game-play hours for these two WWE wrestling games show some Wii owners enjoy wrestling games? Let's take a look...
Approx. Number of Players Reporting Data
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 has 76,212 players reporting their wrestling game-play hours, through the Wii's Nintendo Channel.
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 has 34,490 Wii owners reporting game-play data.
Average Hours & Total Game-Play Hours Reported
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009 has 2,757,785 Total Hours of game-play reported, and the average play session for WWE '09 is just over 1 Hour 53 Minutes.
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 has 1,739,225 Total Hours of game-play reported, and the current average play session for WWE '10 is 2 Hours 18 Minutes.
Sale Rank & Advertised Price
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009's
Amazon.com sale rank is #6,282, and it's currently selling for $17.81.
Amazon.com sale rank is #6,282, and it's currently selling for $17.81.
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010's
Amazon.com sale rank is #2,138, and it's currently selling for $19.99.
Amazon.com sale rank is #2,138, and it's currently selling for $19.99.
For comparison, WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011's
Amazon.com sale rank is #443, and is selling for $47.99.
Amazon.com sale rank is #443, and is selling for $47.99.
Review Score Averages
WWE '09's GameRankings.com review score average is 78.28%, based on 18 reviews.
WWE '10's GameRankings.com review score average is 79.36%, based on 12 reviews.
Thoughts
I have not played either WWE '09 or WWE '10, or the new WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 that just released. I think the game-play hours reported for both games are really good though, especially the average hours per person reported play-time data.
I think it's going to be interesting to see if WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 debuts quickly on the Nintendo Channel with game-play hours reported, and how high it's average goes in the next 6 months.
Questions
Have any of you played any of the WWE Smackdown vs Raw games? If so, which game(s) have you played, and what did you think about it? If you owned the Wii versions, do you know if your average hours reported were close to what is shown in the data above?
If anybody is interested in WWE '09, WWE '10, or the new WWE '11 games, you can see prices for them on Amazon.com linked below:
At first blush it looks like '10 must be a far superior game because of the much higher avg time played.
ReplyDeleteHowever, only half the amount of people have '10 which is almost certainly the more enthusiast crowd, which would naturally play longer.
The more casual players were probably happy with '09 and never bothered to get '10. Their occasional playing nature brings down the average for '09.
But I'd be interested to know if '10 really was that much better than '09 and why.
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ReplyDelete@Anonymous from October 30, 2010:
ReplyDeleteYea, most games that are released first on the Wii, have higher game-play averages, than their sequels(can't think of one sequel with a higher reported play-time right now).
I think it will be interesting to watch the average play-time on WWE '11, because I think it's the first wrestling Wii game with online play...I could be mistaken though.
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