Excellent thread. What this shows me is how powerful marketing can be. It also shows me how self destructive industry can be.
Wii was a huge opportunity to truly have gaming become something more. Gaming lost the stigma of being for loser basement dwellers for a moment. But the industry shunned the Wii and Nintendo abandoned the revolution.
Casual and hardcore is complete bs. And ppl ate it up hook line and sinker. Shunning the market leader has consequences. Nintendo abandoning the revolution has consequences. We will see these consequences clearly as this gen progresses.
Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:
If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.
If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.
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