c0rd said:
Uh, what? That isn't how it works. People buy the Wii (or any console) for what it is, not for what it succeeded. This is the case for most people, whether they had a PS2 or not. |
I think the past affects people more than you give it credit for. We aren't talking about new gamers, this thread is about old gamers who were gaming for prior gens. A lot of people had moajor complaints about the Gamecube. I don't think anything about the Wii suggestsed that those complaints had been addressed. When you saw that the Gamecube had lack luster 3rd party support and the vast majority of AAA games weren't M rated (I don't see this as a flaw, but a good number of people do) and Nintendo franchises basically made up the entire good games list... If you had issues with that, there was nothing about the Wii pre-launch that seemed like it fixed that.
I think a lot of people bought a 360 becaue they loved the xbox and decided to stick with MS. I think a lot of people went with a PS3 becuase they loved the PS2 and decided to stick with Sony. I think a lot of people loved the Gamecube and decided to stick with Nintendo the next time.
Like I said before, I think the past has a lot more weight than you give it credit for. If anything, I think it's rare for someone to go in with a clean slate every gen and totally ignore their past experiences.
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