padib said:
Oh, for sure the Wii is delicious to many and that's why, if you read this post I wrote a while back in this thread, you'll see that I agree with you. But being completely honest, the buy-and-dispose type of consumers exists in the Wii's userbase. It happens all the time with a very popular item. The problem is to generalize and say that it's the case for all consumers safe a minority. I could see why that argument is made (Cube to Wii sales increase), but I've given good reasons why that doesn't hold water (the DS userbase). |
The question I pose here is how did Nintendo exponentially grow from a 20-30 million range selling console to 100 million without strong third party and inferior hardware without luring the mass of exisiting core consumers regardless of which flag they game under. What most people (including myself) have come to the conclusion of is that Nintendo created a new market. I, myself, call them "non-gamers" because before this they had either a passing interest or no interest in gaming at all. The Wii U and Wii Sports was a passing fun event that even myself and my friends enjoyed in the living room. Even with all the money the PS2 made, the PS2's end of generation numbers matches up between the 360 and PS3. We know where those gamers went. When the Wii came out the whole marketshare expanded having about 70+ Million consoles extra in the market for Nintendo which they never had appear out of nowhere. If those 70+ million that Nintendo gained does not reappear we must conclude all eventually come to some conclusion. To be peaceful that would take a waiting game. The most obvious of answers will anger even the most hardcore of fans and I've seen it (LOL Trust me, bro). It's not like we don't want Nintendo to do well. Most are expecting the market to shrink because of Nintendos marketshare. The question is what do you think? I still haven't heard what you believe.
