| Dodece said: Past success is never a guarantee of continued success. The software lineup for the Wii this holiday season is somewhat underwhelming. To me the question is this does software matter. Now if software does matter to those buying consoles. Then Microsoft should have a stellar season. However if hardware is what matters then the Wii will dominate. So I suppose the question is this do you believe software actually matters when it comes to a consoles success. We often talk about the affects of software, and we have seen it spike sales. However to say the Wii will dominate utterly would indicate that software does not matter at all. |
When it comes to the Wii's current success it's a combination of hardware (Wii Remote) with just one game (Wii Sports).
Without it's motion-sensing controller the system would likely be battling it out with the PS3 for second place because nobody would give Wii Sports a second glance without it and the rest of it's library of hits (many of which would have fallen apart without the motion-sensing) consists of a $10 budget game, a cash-in port of a 2 1/2 year old game, a game that was developed for Gamecube and quickly ported for the Wii's launch, an average first person shooter, the 8th main installment in a party game series, an average multiplatform platformer, and just two Wii only titles of real note with both coming out after the Wii's success was established (SPM and MP3).
Without Wii Sports on the other hand the system wouldn't have had the killer app that caught the attention and imagination of the media and non-gamers alike and it's doubtful that any of Nintendo's other games would have been even remotely as appealing even with the Wii's motion controller. Sure the console had it's other Nintendo hits but as shown by the Gamecube that alone only takes a console so far.
So it's that symbiotic relationship between Wii Remote and Wii Sports that is responsible for the Wii's success and as long as Wii Sports holds it's end up, at least until Nintendo comes out with Wii Fit and enough quality first, second, and third party games are released it should continue to meet with success.
