I'm getting ready to get stabbed here, thankfully this is the last post of the night for me so i won't have to take any burns until I' am back from college.
You can say the wii is stealing some sales from the other two consoles. I'm not gonna lie it is, but what it is stealing is the 10 year old pokemon gamer. Kids and adults love mario. This goes back to the mario is a whore argument i tend to have all time which you can ask ghost of rujang about or whatever his name is. Parents see the wii as something they can get into, and video games that are "mostly" friendly instead of mature.
A pokemon gamer has a main interest in nintendo games at the time and may evolve into a nintendo gamer lol....but they might go a more mature route and play something a little more violent. Point being is pokemon gamers know what games come out....so those core games are selling cause this kids telling his mom what he wants for his birthday, or just wants in general which would explain why these core games are selling so well.
As the article stated, look at the comercials, look at the titles. I honestly don't think we have so many core gamers lining up to get carnival games, and look how much that sold.
I still say the consoles a gimmick and spits entirely in the face of gamers. I personally hate having to talk to someone while working saying how much of a gamer someone is and they say there favorite game is wii sports, and they don't even know what Metal Gear Solid is. It pisses me off to have people label themselves with a title they don't deserve. To me that is like having someone say they're a war veteran and the most they held is a damn squirt gun.
Many core gamers own a ps3/360. That is where there war is at. Many core gamers could care less about the wii. Not to say all of them I'm saying most. I have a wii, unopened but i have it.
Here is the best representation I can think of....you have Barbie....then you have GI Joe......try selling barbie to a boy and vice versa...Same thing, but marketed towards different people.
Disclaimer: Alright i know i pissed a few people off with this. Lets just say I'm not happy with Nintendo's direction. I lost all hope for them at E3. A part of me died that day. This is the first year I have actually declared hate for a console as I had liked all three of them last gen, while slightly favoring my ps2 for controller and games. I realize there are lots of core gamers on the wii, my rant is not on you, it's simply nintendo at the moment.
CURRENTLY PLAYING: Warframe, Witcher 2
