Wii Sales? A wakeup call?

[Gamerace]

Another factor not yet mentioned here for lower attach rates are the relationship between casual players and VC games.

I consider myself a casual player, but my son is more hardcore. I do play on the Wii and once my son eventually goes to university I'll get one of my very own. However, while I have purchased Tiger Woods and RE4, I've only played maybe 5 hours of each. I do not generally have more than a few minutes here or there to spend playing games. So the vast bulk of my gameplay is in 5-10 minute spurts and games that accommodate that.

Wii Sport, Wii Play, Mercury Meltdown and a bunch of VC titles. I also waste a lot of time on the channels.

I'm sure I'm not alone in that respect, in fact many former gamers are now simply too busy with wives, kids, jobs, etc. to play Halo or Zelda like we once did. However a quick game of Galaxian or Donkey Kong are great.

So if casual owner buy Wii play and then mostly just VC titles, does that make the console doomed?!? I think not. Is it bad for 3rd party support? In a traditional sense, yes, but there's money to be made for sure and 3rd parties will be sure to grab their share if it's through casual games (MySims), VC releases or WiiWare titles.