curl-6 said:
Software moves hardware, it's only logical that when support suddenly disappears for a platform, console sales will slump. You're overestimating how many Wii buyers were casuals. Plenty of core players bought Wii too. |
Core players are a minority. Even the PS2 had casuals, but the Wii attracted non gamers who would never game. The PS2 and 360 have a similar split crowd between them but even a cross section of those twenty million play COD. Look at the Xbox 360 sales and the PS3 sales and you'll see they pretty much are somewhere near that of the PS2 together, or possibly beyond it at this point. The PS2 gamers didnt run after the Wii in unision, non-gamers did. Kinect took them away. Kinect Adventures sold twenty million units because of being bundled with the Kinect, much like the Wii had Kinect Sports for their little test tool for casuals and gamers alike to enjoy. Microsoft enjoyed a fraction of what the Wii had for a short period of time. Kinect was considered the fastest selling device out of the gate, and you know why just as much as i do. Core gamers dont bring those lofty yet empty sales. Follow the bread crumbs.