I honestly think Sony's Wand is a bigger threat to Nintendo than Natal

[Soma]

Natal and Sony Wand will probably fail because the software will be made for the "Casuals". Nintendo didn't had this mentality when making the Wii, they wanted to attract new, lapsed and core gamers, EVERYONE.
If they had failed to attract core gamers or lose them in this years, that's a different story (and third parties are more likely to blame, not Nintendo).


"The core gamer has a tremendous influence at launch time and has a tremendous influence on getting the word out for new titles."


I think Reggie or the woman at E3 (forgot her name, Cammie I think) said something similar years ago in an interview. But ultimately, if titles like Wii Music didn't sell as well was not because Core gamers didn't like it, but that the game was Not so good. Even new gamers who tried it didn't like it at all.