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HappySqurriel on 31 July 2007
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Anyone who thinks that people are buying the Wii because it is hard to get are pretty foolish ... I bet they believe the PS3 is selling so poorly because it is easy to get your hands on ... Right now if the Wii was readily available everywhere it probably wouldn't see dramatically higher sales; outside of the holiday season few consoles can sell at the Wii's level and (with the exception of the Nintendo DS) I can't think of a console that would steadily sell more than about 1.25 to 1.5 Million consoles every month. After Thanksgiving and Christmas has passed I do expect the Wii will become a lot more popular ... Last Christmas only a handful of people were lucky enough to have gotten their hands on a Wii and as many/most of them will tell you the Wii was a massive hit at Christmas parties; people who never play videogames (or haven't played videogames since the Atari) saw something interesting/unique and fun in the Wii. This Thanksgiving and Christmas the Wii will end up being far more common and (pretty much) every middle class family will be exposed to the Wii at some sort of Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years party. As the Wii Sports, Mario Parties, Wario Wares, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Boogies and Dance Dance Revolutions are brought out for their widespread appeal old gamers and new gamers alike will be asking the questions "How much does it cost?", "Where can you buy it?" and "What does it come with?" Certainly, $250 is still a lot of money for the average family to spend but when a man's Wife or Daughter asks him for a $250 Wii after he has already spent $400 on a XBox 360 or $600 on a PS3 for his sons (or himself) he will be (essentially) forced to buy the Wii. Even those that are not guilt tripped into buying the system will likely become far more interested around May/June when the Wii gets its 18 month price reduction to $200. The "Wii Fad" is just getting started ... By January 1st 2008 there will no longer be any of these childish claims that the Wii is only selling because it is hard to find.