How has Nintendo done with their 1 year lead?

[Arius Dion]

kupomogli said:

kljesta64 said:

casuals burned how ? they knew what they are buying and enjoyed wii sports(resort),wii fit, mario etc...at a super price point. and most people(casuals) buy it for someone as a gift.

How hyped it was, they bought it, used it for a week, then most never touched it again.  The marketing and technology of the Wii got them to purchase it and afterwards I'm sure they felt they blew their money. So yeah, they got burned.

There's a difference between getting hyped up about the marketing of the George Foreman grill and using it every day and the Wii where you use it for a week and realize you threw $200  on something you're never going to touch again.  No pun intended for the prior sentence if they're casual, pun intended if they're a gamer who bought the Wii and PS3.

I'm not sure about that. If anything the poor 'hardcore gamer' seems to be most gullible to marketing hype. Games that rely on production values and story are the games hyped to high heaven and end up in the bargain bin the next week. Hell just look at RE5/6, Or most recently, The Last of Us. These cinema type games COMBINED won't sell as much as Wii Sports Resort. 

Hell I remember back in Wii's hey day, Bars in NYC had TV's set up with Wii Sports. It was amazing. And beautiful, ball busting bitches from NYC were playing the damn thing. 'Casual Gamers' aren't some ding bat consumers. They are pretty discriminate.