Wii momentum is.....SCARY

[HappySqurriel]

To do the remarkably arogant act of quoting myself:

HappySqurriel said:

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.

In my opinion, I think we are at the prelude to the storm ...

In 2008 and 2009 the Wii will hit sales levels we have never seen before and will return to more "normal" market leading levels in 2010