10-million VC sales an embarrasment!

[mike_intellivision]

A few points.

There are a lot of Wiis out there. But as many have said, the system is always connected to the Internet. In Japan, for example, Nintendo had to work with NTT to increase connections.

Second, a lot of other people who don't connect their Wii to the Internet for various reasons. Some have small kids and don't feel the need to be on-line. Some don't like the unfettered Internet access available. Some aren't into playing games on line. And some are in retirement homes playing a limited number of games. (I know of three families with the parents in my age range: mid-30s to mid-40s and none of them are hooked up to the Internet).

Personally, I have bought two VC games. I picked up Kirby's Adventure (NES) for my son. I got Sin & Punishment (N64) because it was an import. But to be honest, I own all of those systems except for the NEO-GEO and have almost all the games offered, so I don't want to buy them again (though I did Kirby for my son).

Finally, I still haven't seen a citation on the VC sales data or comparative information vis-a-vis other systems (at least up to the point when I started writing this repsonse).

Mike from Morgantown