Do Third Parties want the Wii to win this gen?

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Louie said:

Biggerboat said:

Louie said:

The question is did the price cut affect the core gamers or the casual gamers? As I see it, the Wii is mostly buyed by casual gamers, gamers who want something new and Nintendo fans.

Casual gamers would never buy a PS3 at 500$, no matter if there are a thousend Sing Star and Buzz games on it.

Gamers who want something new wouldn´t buy the PS3 either because they are not so interested in it.

And the Nintendo fans...well, they are Nintendo fans.

I disagree with a few of your points.

First is the, imo, misconception that Wii is predominantly bought by casuals. I simply see no evidence to suggest this.  

	Wii Sports	Nintendo	1.87	3.72	2.42	8.01
	Wii Play	Nintendo	1.47	1.51	0.95	3.93
	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Nintendo	0.56	1.77	1.09	3.42
	Wario Ware: Smooth Moves	Nintendo	0.47	0.60	0.60	1.67
	Super Paper Mario	Nintendo	0.48	0.63	0.00	1.11
	Rayman Raving Rabbids	Ubisoft	0.02	0.58	0.42	1.02
	Red Steel	Ubisoft	0.04	0.45	0.52	1.01

These are the million+ sellers so far. As you can see there are as many traditional games as casual & taking into account that Wii Sports is a pack-in in most of the world and Wii Play is effectively 5-10 bucks, the sales of Zelda/Paer Mario/Red Steel are significant. We also have DQ:Swords all but gauranteed to be at least Japan's best selling 3rd party game and could potentially join the above list. I would also question whether Wii Sports is a 'casual game'. It is intuitve and easy to pick up but it also offers plenty of depth and demands a lot of skill to unlock all of the medals. Excitetruck, Tiger, Madden & RE:4 have also racked up respecatble sales numbers. Numbers don't support your argument.

Also there is the fact that people are still having to queue up for these systems, sometimes for hours at a time. Would you associate this behaviour with die hard gamers or casuals who think it looks a fun way to pass a few hours a week?

As for casuals not buying PS3, I also disagree. The guy sitting next to me at work while I type this is about to buy one. On asking what games he played he answered Pro Evolution Soccer. On telling him that the 360 was also getting this game and that at this time it had a better variety of other games he replied that he had just always bought PS and that was that. I also know another person who purchased a PS3 without knowing anything about the games that were on it. I realise this is anecdotal but I'm sure there are plenty of PS owners who coughed up the money just beacause of the brand. I'd say this is more symptomatic of casual behaviour than somebody trying out Wii Sports, liking it and buying a Wii.

Casuals who don't have spare cash wont buy PS3 but those that do and worship the PS brand(even though the games they like are probably made by 3rd parties) will.