Microsoft's 3 generation plan for the Xbox, will it work?

[johnlucas]

madskillz said:
@ My brother from another mother, JL

You know me - I read your post and I agree with you the Xbox was not as success, but an in-road. However, I do think the Wii2 will NOT be as successful as the Wii. Why? I do think the hardcore aud is a permanent fixture for consoles. The Wii crowd is somewhat fluid and may or may not buy a Wii2. Folks are flocking to buy Wiis because they are different and a new way to game (even though old-skool gamers remember the Ninny glove from back in the day). The folks who bought the Wii may or may not buy the Wii2.

I have been begging and begging for this. Someone needs to do a detailed breakdown of the demographic of folks buying the Wii. I don't think lightning strikes twice, and I do think the nongamers who bought a Wii are letting them catch dust after the fun wears off.

I only say that because I see a nongamer, every day, who talks about how she loves the Wii but hasn't fired it up in nearly a year. Just sayin'.

Hey brother from mother another!

I feel what you're saying about Wii2, too. Nintendo's greatest success this gen could leave them like Jaleel White and Leonard Nimoy next gen. Typecast and unable to claim other roles. People love them so much in their current state that they may not accept them when it's time for the inevitable change. Like how some people give that Schroeder guy all that grief when he went from Ricky to Rick. That's Nintendo's biggest challenge for the future. How will they get people to accept things other than the Wii & DS? Fortunately they have a good bit of time before they have to worry about that.

But there is also the inevitable last gen champ advantage that carries over some audience from last console. Some NES people went over to SNES. The problem now is that tech advances of that type have lost their luster. This is why 8th gen to me right now is absolutely cloudy. I have no idea what specific form it will take other than it will be something we haven't seen before. What advance will make the older platform obsolete to transfer to a new system. Something tells me that somehow though Nintendo will have something up their sleeve.

Economy, lack of free time, & stress are part of the reason some people don't turn on their systems. Sometimes I can go a week without playing. Then again some people just have it for the status which could explain your friend.

John Lucas