| eugene said: I didnt say casuals were poor. I just dont believe they would pop down $250 for a game system. A true casual is someone that just plays solitare on their computer or free games of some sort. These ARE HARDCORE NINTENDO fans! And yes, nintendo does have that many. They have been in the business the longest and sold hundreds of million consoles, gameboys, and DS's over the years. There even early adopters as they got it in its first year. A true nonchalant casual are those that in year 7 are getting a pS2 and wont buy any game over $10 |
This comes down to definitions which makes it an argument no one can really win before we have agreed upon definitions (something which will always be difficult with "Casual" and "Hard-Core" gamers) ...
Even according to Nintendo, the Wii has mostly (90%) to people who owned a previous generation console (XBox, Gamecube or PS2); but you should consider that, even by the loosest of definitions, the vast majority of console owners in the previous generation were not "Hard-Core" gamers. Now, the Wii (in a large part because of its price) is the only current generation console which is selling to the more mainstream gaming market which (by many definitions) is far more "Casual" than the elitest gamers who own an XBox 360 or PS3; these gamers are still willing and able to buy a $300 console but they are not likely to buy 12 to 24 games in a single year.
