Worldwide Numbers In!!! Week of dec 12, 2009!!!!!

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leatherhat said:
I'm going to repost what I said in the article comments:



Who the hell is buying this thing? All my friends, who all game to various extents haven't touched one since brawl came out. No one in my whole extended family, friends of friends, or even minor acquaintances don't but it. So who is? I know we talk about casuals and how wii sells to grandmas and children, but I always figured it was more as much a joke as it was true. But is there really this vast audience of Grandmas and soccer moms eating this up? How does a console with such little rapport with the gaming audience sell so well?

Before anyone asks, I'm not mad, the wiis hardware success means little to me. I just can't wrap my head around it.

A lot of people are buying it. I only know 1 person who bought one in the last few months, but anecdotal evidence means precisely jack and shit anyway.

The reason the system is selling so well is precisely because it has such little rapport with the gaming audience.  The Wii is the game system that got a haircut, took a bath, lost some weight, and made some new friends. Yes, Nintendo can no longer recite all the words to every Star Trek episode ever like his old buddies Sony and Microsoft, but he's being invited to parties now while the other 2 stay home on Saturday nights masturbating with tears in their eyes.

Gaming is a niche hobby with very little exposure in the legitimate press and media and a negative social stigma. Maybe your friends haven't touched it but that hot chick you're terrified to walk up and talk to just got one and she JUST  ADORES Wii Fit.

(speaking in hyperbole, but you get the idea)