Why everyone should root for the Wii

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shams said:

I generally agree with this (the thread). If the Wii does really well, it brings a lot more people into the industry (people who never played games before), and they become potential customers for other systems.

Note - gaming has *never* been mainstream. Even the 100m + PS1/PS2 units... many are bought to replace each other, many are bought as presents, etc. A real indicator is how many PEOPLE actively play games on an average day. Compared to watching TV (or a movie), listening to music... or even browsing the web - gaming covers just a fraction.

This is much of the theory behind the "mobile" games industry - it is a serious push to make games more mainstream, as *everyone* will eventually be carrying around a device capable of playing game everyday (talking several BILLION people/devices - not 1-2% of that).

From this point of view, the Wii will definitely help (and more so than either the 360 or PS3 could). 

you make an excellent point about the PS2. I literally do not know anyone who has there original PS2. Thats one thing Nintendo has always had, quality. They could have sold alot more GCs and wiis and DS's if they would make horrible quality systems that break down all the time. I guess they really dont know how to work the system like sony does.