"no one is playing games on Wii" - Mike Goodman. "ROFFLE!!!" - My response

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PooperScooper said:
Poll stated 70% of japanese Wii owners didn't play it on a regular basis.

NOTE: THIS WAS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.(but im sure they will play for a few months and stop again)

NOTE: DON'T ASK FOR PS3 OR 360 NUMBERS AS THE SITE ONLY DID IT FOR THE WII(wish they did it for all consoles for comparison sake)

First, the poll was by admission informal and not scientific. Second, I love it. So they'll play it for a few more months, then stop again?

And then another game will come out, and then play that for a few months, and then stop again. Isn't that... how games work? You buy a game, you play it for a while, then you stop until you buy another game. Shocking.

The Wii actually has a significantly higher attach rate in Japan than the PS3 does, and the gap is widening, not shrinking. Before the holiday, the attach rates were about 2.05/2.60 PS3/Wii, and now it's 1.95/2.9 PS3/Wii. The Wii's attach rate is 50% higher now.

It's like people want the Wii to fail, and will insist things are true even when they clearly are not. People don't play Wii games in Japan! And yet, the average Wii owner buys more Wii games than a PS3 owner buys PS3 games (for the record, 360's attach rate is higher). In America, the Wii is a fad! And yet, the Wii sold more software in the critical December holiday month than the 360 or PS3 did, despite having a smaller user base than the 360.

And finally, the Wii hardware will stop selling! And yet, month after month, week after week, there is absolutely no sign of this, there is no hint whatsoever that the Wii will not continue as all dominant consoles have -- to keep on selling for 5-6 years until it is replaced by its successor.