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superchunk said:
I really think people need to wait at least until Tuesday to make these threads. I know I won't be making any spectacular speculations until then and then nothing I'll put down for a future I was right all along thread until the machine actual hits the market.
But, at least not until E3's release of final setup and of course the most important part... games.
However, I would say your OP is wrong. NES SNES GBs all had no gimmicks and were not cheaper yet they dominated their rivals. Its the same for Wii and DSs. Its about the games.
These consoles also came out in a vastly different era and had other reasons as to why they succeeded, I've addressed this in another post, sorry but I don't want to type it out again.
Wii Sports and Wii Fit were the primary drivers for Wii's casual push and thus a very large part of its sales.
Yes, and the only reason why causals are interested in this game is because it takes advantage of an interesting gimmick, the motion contols.
Combine that with Mario Kart Wii and NSMBWii and it really was all it needed. Really only Wii Sports utilized motion in this bunch.
Nintendodogs, Brain Age, and NSMB as well as a ton of other games destroyed the PSP.
The DS was also much cheaper and Brain Age and Nintendogs appealed to casuals. Dual screens + touch screen is also an interesting gimmick and is taken advantage of in Brain Age for example.
Its always the mass appeal of the games... not gimmicks or price differentiation. It's completely about the last 2 aswell as games for recent Ninty systems. It's about the games taking advantage of the gimmick and it's about being cheaper than the competition. The Wii would not of sold anywhere near as much if it didn't have an interesting gimmick that games took advantage of and/or if it wasn't so much cheaper than it's competitors.
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