| Cidien said: I doubt Nintendo knows their business that well. The gamecube was a piece of crap compared to the rest, and im sure even nintendo is surprised at how well the wii is doing. I'm continually amazed at the people I hear buy a wii. Considering the people who I hear buy it, I have to wonder if it's a fad. The wii seems like the new tickle me elmo. I'm really interested at seeing the results of the next wave of consoles. I personally don't think nintendo will do nearly as well (not that they'll do poorly) as they did this generation. But, maybe i'm completely wrong. Who knows. The main reason I wonder if it's a fad, is that a lot of people are really disappointed in the wii. They pull it out at a party every once in a while, and shortly after they buy it it no longer gets any use. They think they're going to get a much cooler piece of machinery than they get. As soon as the initial wow factor wears off they fall back into their normal, nongamer, lifestyle. It's these kinds of people that caused the wii sales to skyrocket like they did. Nintendo pulled the nongamer into gaming for a little while. I just personally don't see them keeping most of these people there. But, like I said, who knows. We'll have to wait and see. And yes, sony fanboys are having a hard time accepting that they lost this generation. Go visit blu-ray.com. It's almost funny how fanatical they are there. |
I'm sorry, but I have had it up to my eyeballs with people who make these sweeping statements without a shred of evidence or statistic to back up their claims and turn a truly Nelsonian blind eye to some very easily seen and well known evidence to the contrary . So that you won't continue to make a fool of yourself in a serious sales forum I'll point you to some things worth glancing at
I'm going to let you unsubstantiated claim that the Game cube was a piece of crap slide. You're wrong and pretty much everyone here knows it but you have bigger problems to deal with.
Your premise that non-gamers are lured in and then drop back out, that the Wii is a fad is so out of date it has become a joke. This is after all the third Christmas, and while some people just never seem to get the word, it probably would be getting out by now. So let’s go look at the sales charts for the last two years. If it's just a fad we should see a lot of flattening in the curve 
Well no sign of anything but acceleration after two years. Fad Theory - FAIL
Next, you claim they use it a few times and forget about it. Well once again we are a serious sales site so we also track software. If people are playing a few rounds of Wii Sports and then putting it away then that would be reflected in very poor software sales and attachment rate.
No the rate is pretty consistent with the PS3 and not out of line with the X360 considering its extra year. 236,000, 000 pieces of software is a little silly to imagine if the consoles are being played. NOT USED – FAIL.
Then you claim, without giving any evidence to support it that there is massive disappointment. It that were true, especially in these tough economic times then we would expect a vast and busy trade in used units as people try to unload them. Let’s go over to EBay and look for signs of this massive disaffection.
This is as of this evening and frankly I am amazed that in the entire world of EBay there is the huge total of 269 used Wiis for sale. Plenty of new ones and amazingly they are still going for over list, right after Christmas but no sign of any significant number of people bailing. FAIL
Wait though, isn’t it possible that rather than Ebay they may be trading them in at GameStop since what the want presumably is some better machine.
Nope GameStop doesn’t have a single used or refurbished Wii. They don’t even have any new one’s either. They do have a good supply of traded in Xbox 360s and PS3, could that mean that people are not universally happy with these superior machines. That can’t be, can it? FAIL FAIL FAIL
In any case I have shown where there does not seem to be one shred of evidence for your claims which means you have essentially wasted everyone’s time and added nothing useful to the discussion. Next time you want to come in swinging with sweeping statements, do a little homework first. Otherwise you really are no better than a troll.
