archbrix on 27 June 2011
Your "Tickle me Elmo" reference makes it sound like the Wii was only popular for one holiday and got lucky. Remember, the Wii was not an easy find in stores over a year after it's release, much less lost its popularity prematurely.
Also, you make it sound as if the appeal of the Wii was limited to only children, which is completely false. It definitely appealed to a broader age group (including children and people over 50) than the HD twins.
And the comparison to the Dreamcast, already pointed out by many, is inaccurate. The parallels just aren't there, save for the less powerful hardware than its future competition; something the PS2 also shared...
