Pipedream24 said:
I completely agree. But how many people really care how many units their system moved last month? |
This is the whole thing:
Adults (I mean people 30 and older) are just now getting back into gaming by means of the wii. Of course, as always happens when a new experience seems to blindside them out of nowhere, becomes riveting. They've been ignoring this "hobby" for years and yet suddenly now it is simple enough for them to understand (of course nintendo has some great games to impress even more) and control.
These people, confronted with the thought that they have been ignoring an amazing thing for years, do what most normal people do. Deny the experience was ever there. Depending on how surprised they were, (ie: how much they previously held a belief that they despised the experience) the feeling toward the experience is enhanced.
Thus leading to a lot of armchair investors buying nintendo stock thinking it will make them overnight millionaires, and to families like mine and my gf's whom buy a wii and then never play it again.
EDIT: I forgot to add this important note.
This is why they care so much, because they desire the confirmation that they did indeed get swayed by a very very powerful experience, and not just a toy.
