| Nonquihote said: pirists/hardcore/core they are losing them, and they know it the guy said it himself. I can say dragons exists and iam a frodo the elf, but facts are the biggest franchises are not on the wii and it does not seem like they will be any time soon. What will happen at 300 is PS3 will tap in to the tens of millions of formar PS owners. PS2 is still selling great and creating more PS fans that will be uprading to a new console a few years from now, put the two together.
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What portion of the PS2's userbase are purests, hard-core or core gamers? Consider for a moment that NO PS2 game ever sold to more that 20% of PS2 owners ...
Even if these purest, hard-core and core gamers eventually buy a PS3 what is stopping them from buying a Wii? Consider that 90% to 95% of current Wii owners would fall into the purest, hard-core and core gamers categories ...
In my opinion, one of the main reasons the Wii is selling so well is because of Generation X. Born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X was the first generation of people who were gamers; the older members of the generation grew up with pinball and pong while the younger ones tend to have more memories of Mario on the NES. Up until now this generation has determined the outcome of every previous generation and as they moved into their teens and early adult years their desire for more 'Mature' gaming lead to the dominance of Sony ...
Today the yongest of this generation is in their late 20s while the oldest are in their early 40s, most of them have started families and are looking to share videogames with their children. Graphics are (for the most part) a lesser consern for them because they still remember playing Zelda or Metal Gear on the NES and the capabilities of the Playstation 2 to produce high quality graphics are 'good enough' for a large portion of them.
Nintendo has produced a system that they can play in their limited spare time, enjoy with their Wife (who normally doesn't play games) and their children (including their daughters who don't normally play videogames). The PS3 and XBox 360 have NOTHING which can compete with that.
