PDF said:
You have to read all my post for that to make total sense. The sports/fps audience are not gonna pick up a wii because it does not appeal to them. They do care about grafx power. Probably more than most other type of gamers. They are all about their new Madden looking top notch. They dont want to pick up a mediocre version on the wii. They also want CoD4 type games which are not on the wii. This type of gamer will not pick up the wii and this is a big chunk of the gaming aurdience. |
If the sports/fps audience really did care about grafx power, then that means that GC+Xbox sales of Madden would be greater than PS2 sales of Madden (since Madden on those consoles looked better). Looking at Madden 2005 sales... PS2: 4.5 million... GC+Xbox: 2 million... hmm, nope. Xbox did have Halo 2 which sold more than the PS2 FPS, but the PS2 also had a lot more FPS including 2 Medal of Honors, SOCOM, and a Bond game sell over 3 million.
Basically what you're saying is the hardcore Madden and FPS gamers who care about grafx will not pick up the Wii, but they are not a big chunk of the gaming audience. They just aren't. The casual audience is much much bigger than the hardcore graphics loving audience, and those casuals will pick up the Wii. Not to mention the many non-casual and lapse gamers that are picking up the Wii.
So I'd say it will pass the PS2.
