Wii losing its thunder?

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Carl2291 said:

jarrod said:

Carl2291 said:

The point still stands though. The games sell because of the controller they use.

Do you honestly believe that Wii Sports would be as big as it is if it used the classic controller pro?

You have this backwards, the console sells because of how the games use the interface.  Wii Sports sells the system, and when you get down to it, a controller is just a controller.

Answer the question.

Would Wii Sports be as big as it is without Motion Controls?

I think the answer has to come from the middle ground here. Would Wii Sports be as big without the well used motion controls? Probably not. Would motion controls be as big a console pusher if games like Wii Sports weren't the trojan horse for both core and casual gamers? Doubt it.

Thus far, Wii is still the best selling home console in it's timeframe, but it also has software super sellers that no console has had before it. Me-sa thinks that both the software (WiiSports/Fit/NSMB/ect) and the hardware (motion controls/ease of use/ect) affected how well Wii would do.