How the Videogame Industry Shot Itself In the Joystick--and Why the Wii Has Stopped the Bleeding

[LordTheNightKnight]

MontanaHatchet said:

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Words Of Wisdom said:

MontanaHatchet said:

Who cares about the fact that your mother or grandma or pet iguana can finally get into gaming?! You think the industry cares? You think your mom sits around playing videogames for hours a week and makes sure to always visit Gamestop when she goes to the mall?!

Ask yourself that.

It wasn't long ago that most moms and grandmas didn't even care about video games.

Today some do.

Nothing changes overnight but the Wii is slowly changing things.

Those moms and grandamas may not be visiting gamestop today, but tomorrow... who can say.

By then the Wii's lifespan will be over.

 

Because the strategy proving fruitful on the DS magically won't work on the Wii.

Pretty much.

Sorry, but that won't prove the Wii will fail. You have to tell us WHY the Wii won't suceed where the DS did.

Gameboy: Approximately 120 million That's 70 million for the Gameboy, and 50 million for the Gameboy Color. This is an important distinction, since the GB took ten years to reach that 70, and the GBC took just 4 to reach its 50.

GBA: 80 milion+

DS: 55 million and growing

N64: 32 million

GC: 21 million

Wii: 14 million and growing  Did you "forget" to add that?

That is blatant cheating to "prove" the Wii will fail. The DS has been around for three times as long as the Wii.