pokoko said:
The Wii sold over 100M. Yes, a good number of those bought it for Wii Fit or Wii Sports and ended up pushing it behind the TV, but there is no way the Wii did not create new gamers. A large group of children had the Wii as their first videogame console. Sony has said that a significant amount of PS4 owners came from the Wii/360 and, while I haven't seen a breakdown beyond that, I think it's safe to say that many of the Wii gamers who wanted to continue gaming went with something other than the Wii U. I don't believe those gamers should be overlooked. Nintendo didn't only lose casuals, they lost people who could have increased their future consumer base. |
The "new" gamers the Wii created were casual gamers.
A lot of Wii owners owned a PS3/360 anyway, it's not like there was no overlap between 100 million Wii owners and 180 million PS3/360 owners. That audience that owned a Wii + PS3 or 360 didn't "move" anywhere, they just chose to dump the Wii brand but they already had PS3/360 last gen. They got their casual fill on the Wii but they were already playing their CODs/GTAs/Maddens on their 360/PS3.
I seriously, seriously doubt there are many people who got introduced to gaming via Wii Sports and had Wii as their only console last gen and are now hardcore Bloodborne players or something.
Most of the "new" audience the Wii attracted were women and seniors, the women migrated over to their smartphones, the seniors are probably dead, lol.
