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jacks81x on 22 February 2012
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RolStoppable said:
jacks81x said:
RolStoppable said:

High sales are a sign of consumer satisfaction. Good word of mouth and all that. A lack of quality would have a negative effect on word of mouth.

And yes, I know what consumers think of Vita: Wait for a price drop and better games coming out. If it were different, then sales would have stabilized at a higher point in Japan. There's no reason to believe that it will be any different in America and Europe. It's only a matter of weeks until you will be able to see it.

Not necessarily true.  A lot of factors contribute to high sales, including smart marketing and hype.  That's mainly the reason why me, and many of my friends and family bought a Wii early on.  I can tell you for a fact that most of us are not satisfied customers, given the lack of quality games and the short-lived fad of motion control gaming.  My Wii has been collecting dust in my basement for more than a year.   

Marketing and hype doesn't last for several years. If the majority of people thought the same way about the Wii as you, sales would have collapsed a lot sooner.

"My Wii is collecting dust" is a common comment on the internet, but the online communities only represent a small minority of the market. That's why forum talk and actual sales can have such huge discrepancies.

 

Exactly, it has died down after the first year.  The PS3 and 360 have been outselling the Wii globally for a while now.  

Yes, the online community is a minority, but as I pointed out, actual sales does not = customer satisfaction.  In my family alone we have 6 Wii's.  I'm the only one who is part of the online community.  The other 5 Wii's belong to my parents, my in-laws, my wife's grandparents, my sister, and my nephew.  Outside of maybe my nephew who now plays mostly his 360, I don't think any of them have turned on the Wii more than 10 times total if I had to guess.