Solid Snake, you obviously know absolutely NOTHING about how the games industry or how business practices like disruption and blue ocean work.
You have shown your true colors as an uninformed Sony fanboy who is simply trying to undermine the success of the Wii by saying "well.. it's only because of SONY that the Wii is successful!!1" seriously, just stop. Do you realize how foolish you sound??
I can see you are also a brainwashed industry drone, going on about stupid made up industry talking points like "hardcore" and "casual" gamers, which are NOTHING more than bogus marketing talking points and useless labeling.
You put WAY too much importance on "brand name" and "price", with hilariously enough, are probably the LEAST impacting things in a console's sales. If brand name is so important, why did Nintendo's popularity dwindle with the N64? Why did Sony's popularity dwindle with the PS3? Do you honestly think people rushed to the PS2 beause "Sony" was imprinted on the console?? People bought it because it had the best games. With the PS3, Sony simply overshot the market. They made games that appeal to less and less people, while pouring all their resources and attention into non gaming features like blu-ray.
Similarly, Nintendo gained MORE success with the Wii because they made more games that appealed to more people, simple as that. To say that PS3 being too expensive is the reason for Wii selling 72 million units is not only stupid, it's downright insane.
Hell I guess Nintendo should be buying Sony a beer or something, since they are the only reason for the Wii's success by pricing the PS3 so high right? LOL.. Who needs marketing giants like Reggie Fils Amie to bring success to the Wii when they have SONY to hand them market leader on a silver platter!
