I think it is inevitable that Wii creates a large amount of lapsed gamers. Just like there are people who talk about the glory years of Atari 2600, or the glory years of SNES/Genesis, there will be those who remember the glory years of PS2. The second generation dominated by one way of thinking always creates this effect. But to Nintendo, the untapped market segments vastly outweigh the portion of the existing market which may quit gaming, especially considering the bulk of those gamers were buying PlayStation consoles exclusively.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
