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Zero999 on 19 August 2013
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Figgycal said:
Zero999 said:

Sure, ps360 sales are ps2's 150M in falf for each, even though some good 40M of those sales were in emerging markets. and 80% of wii sales were from non gamers, okay.

your arrogance makes me laugh. the difference between wii and ps360 audiences is that ps360 is played generally by kids and teens while wii is played by kids, teens, adults and elderly alike. and by the way, the people you call "non-gamers", if they bought a video game to play it, then they're gamers.

I wholeheartedly disagree with that statement. Nintendo does appeal to a more diverse audience than the PS3 and 360, but to say the PS3 and 360 are generally played by kids? I really don't see it- if anything it's mostly played by teens. Nintendo appeals to a larger audience because their games are geared toward children that will grow up with those franchises and continue to play them into adulthood, but it's still predominately a console for kids and to say that somehow the PS3 and 360 are just that while the Wii isn't is factually incorrect. And furthermore - to say that the wii appeals to teens is also incorrect. The Wii was a joke in my high-school; people didn't think it was mature enough for them.

http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2009/every-gaming-system-has-its-fans-but-women-like-wii.html

It's an interesting read, but to summarize: Wii is popular amongst adult women and little boys (age 6-11)  while being unpopular amongst teens. the 360 is most popular for 12-17 year olds and the Ps3 is most popular amongst 18-24 year olds.

I didn't call them non-gamers btw. I said casuals that don't normally play games- which is a true statement. I agree that anyone who plays games is a gamer.

bolded: the pejorative arrogance makes me sad. nintendo games CAN be played by kids (some nintendo games, anyway) but the games are aimed for everyone. I don't understand this necessity to try proving (in vain), the old "nintendo is for kidies".

it's funny how you reacted about ps360 being played mostly by kids and teens. dude, that's the regular video game audience. certainly the number of adults that play video games is growing, but if a home has a video game then the most probable users are the kids and teens. wii changed that by including the adults and elderly from the get go.