Fist off this is not a knock on Nintendo I have a Wii. I just do not understand the mass appeal of the Wii. The Big games are still the same big games Nintendo has always had. Is it just the fact that the Wii was the cpeapest "next Gen" console. Did Wii Sports Impress that many people? I mean I had every Nintendo Machine so I would have eventually bought a Wii anyway but my kids and wife wanted one so we got one probably faster than I would have on my own. The thing I don't understand is the Mass appeal it has what is so much better than what the N64 or Gamecube offered in their time? Maybe it played off the success of the GBA and DS. Maybe the fact that the other systems seem a little overwhelming to the average person. I know I still play Wii Sports for some quick fun now and again. I loved the Mario Galaxy it was much better than Sunshine on the Gamecube to me. Just seems wierd that with so many of the same games Nintendo couldn't do more withe the game cube and soooooo much with the Wii. I guess thats the power of marketing because if anything Nintendo sure did market the wii as a machine for eveyone.
This Christmas is the most confusing in that I have had the Wii for a while and if there was going to be a slowdown this should have been the year with so few games coming to the Wii this Holiday and so many really good games coming for competitors. How did Nintendo maintain momentum with a very lackluster line-up? If they can do these numbers with a off year what happens when they have AAA games for the Holidays? Please don't be too negative in responding to what you think about the other consoles or Please no wii is a Fad because in its 3rd christmas it is still selling like Crack.
