| kowenicki said: @alterego I am fairly certain we wont see anywhere near a 50% bump in hardware due to WSR in the west... Why would a WSR that you have to pay for push you to a Wii, if a free copy of WS didnt? |
1. Because customers are encouraged by a stronger lineup. If a console gets a single FPS, some FPS fans will get it. If it gets a second great FPS, even more FPS fans will get it. If it gets a third great FPS, i will be started to seen as an FPS console, and even more FPS fans wuill get it. They were mildly interested in the first one, but it wasn't enough to spend hundreds of dollars on it.
2. Because casual gamers don't see the games as you and I. We might classify it as a member of the "minigame collection genre", a part of the "Wii franchise", and a sequel to Wii Sport".
What they see, is "that one with swordfighting and canoeing" as opposed to "that one with tennis and bowling"
They do not buy the concept, they buy the content.
3. Because it is just better.
Obviously, it will be popularized by word of mouth, and demoing with someone elses Wii. There might be many people, who already tried Wii Sports, but they were uninspired by the "waggling". Accurate 1:1 motion control might be the thing that breaks the "good enough" level for them.
