The Importance of Wii Sports

[Khuutra]

famousringo said:

scottie said:
freebird, wtf.

These numbers aren't perfect, but the difference is so large that you cannot claim it's due to faulty data

Nothing even comes close to Wii Sports this generation, or indeed ever in terms of total playtime

There is one which I'm pretty sure beats everything, and it's not Wii Sports. Ten million subscribers, some of whom literally spend half the year logged in... as in 12 hours a day average play time for over a year. World of Warcraft carries at least as much cultural weight as Wii Sports, and is the reason I was careful to specify console games.

I think the importance of Wii Sports will be more in its influence on console gaming from here on out, ala Super Mario Bros. In twenty years, the entire course of gaming might be traced back to the movement started by Wii Sports.

World of Warcraft undoubtedly has many times more hours put into it, but it will not have the same kind of impact on the rest of the industry over time.