March, critical point in 7th generation

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I think the best consoles tend to be the ones that meet the demands of hardcore gamers, and the demands of casual gamers. At the same time though, I think there is an area in between. Casual gamers buy what, under 10 games a generation? I mean I've never met anyone who owned a console for less than 4 or 5 games. Hardcore gamers will buy a system for one game, but buy I'd say, at least 30 games a generation. Most gamers I think buy 5-10 games per generation. Then a significant number buy upto 20 games. Maybe 20% of all gamers buy over 20 games a generation. For last generation I had.. 5 DC games (Powerstone, Soul Calibur, Shenume, Sonic Adventure,Sonic Adventure 2) 25 GC games (Pikmin, Smash Brothers, Super Mario Sunshine, Viewtiful Joe 1, VJ2, Resident Evil 4, Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Star Fox Adventures, F-Zero GX, Soul Calibur 2, Tales of Symphonia, Mario Kart Double Dash, Ikaruga, Fire Emblem, a baseball game - forgot the name..., Killer 7, Pikmin 2, Mario Party 4, Baten Kaitos, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia, Mario Tennis) I'd love to know how many Wii gamers will buy that many games, vs. the set that will only want Wii Sports, Wii Play, sports, racing, Wii Health, Wii Music, Wii Brain Training. It could end up like the DS I think, where non-gamers grow to trust 'Touch Generation' games, while others buy FF, DQ, NSMB, Phoenix Wright. But at the same time, I think Wii and DS will benefit from games like Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Paper Mario/New Super Mario Brothers, which combine very simple gameplay with immense appeal to both markets... If Nintendo can get at least 10 good non-games, to go with the inevitable 10 good 'game games, then Wii will be NES-like in both genre variation and hardware proliferation. I'd say they are halfway there by the end of the year - Non games - Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Music, Wii Health, Big Brain Training Game games - Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, Dragon Quest Swords, Zelda, Pokemon To both markets - Madden, DDR, Guitar Hero, Excite Truck, Mario Party 8, Smash Brothers