Pachter's third party question to the hard core gets the usual responses

[mike_intellivision]

Some thoughts on the OP and various comments.

A lot of casual games have sold well on the Wii without much PR as Legend 11 points out. But in almost every case, these sales occurred earlier in the console's life when the game selection (and competition) were substantially less.

Also, Txrattlesnake is right that the Wii's technology (and to a lesser extent its demographics) work against it for "core" titles. In other words, for many of those who are apt to play such titles, they will get them on the PS3 and/or X360 rather than the Wii.

The challenge for the Wii is to invent non-graphic ways for the games on its system to be better. That makes it difficult for cross-platform endeavors. But it also opens up a world of possibilities for stylized games using limited movement (not waggle). As a result, the core games should be more like NMH than BC2.

Finally, this whole line of discussion seems strange. Asking NeoGAFers about the Wii is like asking about the Yankees in Boston. It just ain't the right place to go.

Mike from Morgantown

(For those not familiar with North American Major League Baseball, substitute one highly successful sports franchise and the location of its chief and also highly successful for rival for these two).