Wii Sales? A wakeup call?

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I think Kwaad actually has a point here (once you break through the convoluted opening statement - no offence).

The issue he's getting at is that a large number of Wii owners are not buying games as often as could be expected when comparing it to the 360 and PS3.

This has been demonstrated by comparing the two most anticipated games on the Wii and 360 respectively, which showed that Wii owners do not, on the whole, go on a buying craze for mainstream games.

This isn't really a problem for Ninty (at least at the moment) because they are making a massive profit from the sales of hardware, and the don't necessarily need 3rd party support like MS and Sony do.

What a large proportion of Wii owners seem to be doing is; buying the system for the supplied Wii Sports, title, and then maybe purchasing Wii Play and (i predict) Wii Fit.

As a personal example, i know FAR more people who own Wiis than 360s or PS3s, but they only have 1 or 2 games, almost always Sport and Play, they LOVE them. the ones who have other games don't play them very often, they purchase them almost as an experiment because they hear they're good but turn back to Sport and Play once they realise they realise the time it takes to play a full 'real' game.

There is one thing we cannot see at the moment, which could be an important factor. Due to the demand for the Wii, there is no way we can see whether there is a spike in interest or sales when new games come out. we can see that 360 and PS3 have 'system seller' games. what if the only system sellers for the Wii are 'Wii Sports' type games... firlty, there arent many of these games, so will these be the only ones that will be developed in the long run? or will the mass populous get bored of these and simply forget about the Wii when the next exciting gadget comes out?

I should also point out that i'm mid 20's and the people i know with wiis are either a little older than me from work ('super' casuals) or they own a 360 too. they play Wii when they're pissed with mates, and 360 when they're 'hardcoring' it.

anyone agree?