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TheLastStarFighter on 25 June 2013
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disolitude said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
Most of the people who bought the Wii are very knowledgeable about their console. They also enjoyed it and bought a lot of games.

Nothing wrong with expanding on the Wii brand. As was said by VO, however, they should have called it Wii 2. People love sequels, and associate higher numbers with something better. This would have been the same idea as Apple's iPhone 1, 2, 3.. and so on. People would love to buy the new, better version of Wii called Wii 2.

Regardless, the biggest problems with Wii U are a lack of must-have software, poor marketing, and strong value in the PS360. A lot of people were still buying PS360 and they still have great games coming out, and are cheaper.

Wii U needs a new marketing campaign that promotes it as a high-tech innovative new product and some great new games. The fall lineup should help, as should the killing off of PS360 with the arrival of the more expensive successors.

You really think that the majoity of Wii purchases were made by knowledgable gamers? I'm not saying that there aren't some, but if Wii didn't appeal to the casuals, party folks and people who saw Wii Sports and Wii Fit as games of choice...I see Wii selling a lot less than PS3 and 360 today. They'd lose half of the Wii sales easily without the blue ocean...


I think the flaw in what your saying is that you think core gamers didn't want Wii Sports.  I'm a core gamer.  I wanted Wii Sports.  If you look at sofware sales, the bulk of the Wii user base is in people buying Wii Sports, MarioKart and NSMBWii.  Mario Galaxy, Smash Brothers and Zelda TP are also big titles.  Even Wii Fit was enjoyed by people who also liked to play some Kart and Mario.  These aren't nana and papa.  They are real gamers...maybe not the COD crowd, but real gamers nonetheless.  What Nintendo has really nailed with the Wii-series, NSMB, Kart and Animal Crossing, is the female core demographic.  That is what seperates Wii from so many other consoles on the market in terms of sales.  Wii sales are dying now because it lived its normal lifespan.  It's sales curve is almost identical to every market leader, such as PS1.  PS360 continue because they were over-engineered, and as people bought HDTV's they upgraded from Wii to PS360.  Almost like gen 7.5.  Their console lives were abnormally slow to start and end.