HappySqurriel said:
Legend11 said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Legend11 said:
One million the first week then it starts to plummit fast as the lemming effect of getting something hard to get wears off. There's no way Nintendo is actually going to derail this gravy train by actually meeting demand. Just the fact that it's hard to get has created an amazing amount of press. |
That's only true if the audience wants it only for that reason. So far you have no proof of that. It's this illogic that sperates the fanboys from the real gamers. |
I have no proof but here's my reasoning: everytime I hear people talking about the Wii (either to me or I happen to hear other peoples' conversations) they almost always (like 99% of the time) talk about how hard it is to get. They rarely if ever talk about the games on it, I mean besides Wii Play I don't think I've actually ever heard anyone (in person not in forums) talk about another game. Also most of the media attention the system now gets isn't from it's games, it's from how hard the systems are to get. If they were suddenly available everywhere I have a feeling that kind of free publicity would disappear as well as the conversations from people talking about the same thing. Without that the system's profile would become much lower. I do think though even if Wii demand is met (which I honestly don't think Nintendo will purposely do because of the reasons I stated above) it would still get attention next year solely because of Wii Fit. |
By mid November of this year the Wii will have more million selling games that have sold more copies then the XBox 360 or PS3 sold in their first years or in the same timeframe. There isn't a lot of talk about Wii games because when someone mentions how great The Legend of Zelda or Super Paper Mario we get to hear "OMG, another Zelda/Mario game can't Nintendo think of new ideas?" if someone mentions Wii Sports or Wario Ware we get to hear "OMG, another Casual/Kiddie crap game can't Nintendo create games for Core gamers?" Believe it or not PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BUYING THE WII BECAUSE THEY WANT TO OWN THE WII! Seriously, besides gold/diamonds can you name one item that gets bought simply because it is rare? Not in small scales either, 1 Million being bought simply because it is hard to find? |
Cabbage Patch Kids at the height of their popularity, also Tickle Me Elmo, in 1996 people literally got into fist fights in stores and at least one Wal-Mart clerk "suffered a pulled hamstring, injuries to his back, jaw and knee, a broken rib and a concussion" when a crowd of 300 stampeded into the store looking for them and he was holding one of the last remaining ones. They also went for as much as US$1500 (even though it was a US$28.99 toy).
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickle_Me_Elmo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_Kids
