Why is the Xbox 360 SO popular in the U.S.?

[NightDragon83]

enrageorange said:

Somini said:

NintendoPie said:

Somini said:

The Wii and Wii U might also be pushing gamers to Microsoft. As mentioned, those consoles cater to a casual sector of the market – one that Microsoft doesn’t really care about. At the same time, hardcore gamers who have played the Wii and Wii U and try to stick with it have trouble. Like it or not, the consoles just aren’t capable of keeping their attention as much as the PS3 or the Xbox 360.

 

 

But... but what about this?

 

That's what the article says, not me lol! You have a point though, still the effort to capture the casual gamer came a little late into the lifecycle of the 360.

It's funny because the xbox really took off when microsoft started catering to the casuals with kinect. Infact that's the reason it will end up ahead of the Wii in the US. It was able to attract the core gamers early on and almost be like a next gen console for the casual audience later on when the kinect came out.

It has been better able to capture both audiences than the ps3 and wii in the US.

Bolded for truth.  This is why the Wii U is going to have such a tough time this coming generation, because it essentially does what the 360 (and PS3 to a lesser extent) has already been doing for the past 2-1/2 years... giving the expanded / casual audience an HD alternative to the Wii, not just for gaming but for movies and TV and other entertainment too.  Especially considering the fact that right now pretty much all Wii U games are on par or even below the visual standards set by PS360, and many would-be purchasers have already started to notice this.

Nintendo is going to have to really push the whole TVii feature and other entertainment hard if they wish to stave off competition from Sony and especially M$ this coming gen.  I've no doubt they'll do well in Japan as always, but the US market is totally up for grabs this time around, with M$ clearly the frontrunner heading into the next gen.