| thx1139 said: People really dont pay attention to impulse buyers at all. A lower price make the chances of impulse buyers happening. The Wii really has enjoyed the impulse buy. People go to a friends house had fun with Wii Sports and then go what the hell why not. The higher the price the less likely that is to happen. Also please can we get over that it was the games and nothing but the games that made the Wii sell what it has. Honestly how many Wii's whould have sold if the exact same games came out, but with standard controllers. I think Wii sales would be far closer to GC sales if WiiSports used a control pad rather than WiiMote. WiiFit would have done nothing without the WiiMote and the Board. |
Actually, I never said it was only the games but that is the main part of it...and duh your stating the obvious when you say that Wii Sports and Wii Fit would fail with a regular controller. I hope that everyone on here recognizes that. I never denied that Wii sold a lot because of Motion controls but that certainly isn't the only reason. Its Motion controls plus the great games that use them...Mario Kart Wii without Motion controls would sell about 7-10 Million lifetime instead of 20 Million plus...New Super Mario Bros. on the Gamecube would have sold 5-8 Million and obviously Wii Sports and Wii Fit would be the stupidest games ever without Motion Controls selling less than 500K lifetime. Also, its not only the Motion controls though...its the fact that the Motion Controls plus great games = a huge success. If the Wii didn't have Motion controls the Wii Series wouldn't exist so yes, the Wii would probably be in last right now but it has them and that combined with the new and unique games makes the Wii a success. Nintendo didn't get the idea to make a Sports game on the G.C that wouldn't make since...the two go together to make it work.
