binary solo said:
pokoko said:
Out of the millions of families that bought a Wii, you make it sound like almost none of them had kids. Literally millions of childen got their start in gaming on the Wii. I can't even imagine how that can be discounted. There is no way you can shove all the Wii players into one or two categories, there are far, far too many for that.
We're just going to have to agree to disagree because I fully believe there were a good number of former Wii owners up for grabs at the start of this generation. So did Sony, it would seem.
While much of the console's success is down to the early adoption by core gamers, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House told Eurogamer at the Develop conference in Brighton that there is a huge opportunity to attract those who bought a Wii but not a PS3 or Xbox 360 - in fact it's already happening.
While the PS3 and Xbox 360 were successful consoles, shifting around 80m units each, the Wii was the standout winner of the last generation, selling over 100m consoles worldwide.
"Our big opportunity is to welcome back an audience much earlier in the lifecycle that possibly bought into the Wii previously," House said.
"Whether it's based on this is a really good all-round entertainment device for a family in addition to having great games, our consumer data suggests some of those people are already coming in now and that's what's contributing to the really great sales we've had."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-15-sony-ps4-targeting-wii-owners-who-skipped-ps3-and-xbox-360
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I think it's highly likely that PS4+Xb one LTD ends up equal to or less than PS3+X360 LTD. So that kind of begs the question whether any more than a relative handful who only had a Wii last gen have jumped across to PS4. I think it's more likely that Wii owners who went PS4 this gen actually made an intermediate jump to PS3, or, more likely, 360 (with Kinect) late in the 7th gen. Last gen went long enough that kids who got Wii at 8-11 years old would have been able to convinve their parent to get them a PS3 or 360 because enough time had passed without the generation coming to an end. At least half of the people (IMO, based on no actual data) who bought Wii have completely exited the console scene.
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Yeah I agree. The PS4-XB1 audience will likely be about the same size as the PS3-360 ... just with Sony getting a jump on MS this team and eating the 360 audience.
I know plenty of 360 owners who have a PS4 instead this gen. But Wii ... that was huge for my demographic (20+ years old) of people who owned a Wii *only* none of them have bought any kind of a console, I even tried to bring a few of them over and we played Wii U together and they enjoyed it generally ... but buy another console?
Nope.
Wii was a one time/once in a lifetime type craze, I think people just need to accept that. Trying to create/or channel the Wii is akin to saying "lets make a new Pokemon" or "lets take that Pokemon audience" in a long term sense is ... not happening.
