Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:
I think its a bit of an oversimplification to say that the Wii sold only because of it's motion controls.
Some of its biggest sellers, like New Super Mario Bros Wii (28 million) and Smash Bros Brawl, (13 million) use them barely or not at all.
The Wii had more going for it than just motion controls; it was significantly cheaper than the competition, and in addition to blue ocean titles like Wii Sports/Fit, it provided highly desirable "core" games like the dark Ocarina successor Zelda fans had been waiting for since the N64, an epic 3D Mario widely considered one of the best games ever made, the first 2D Mario on a home console since the SNES, etc.
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Success in this industry snowballs. So when things go good ... things go *really* good in this business.
The Wii U had NSMBU and Smash Bros. and Mario Kart and Wii Fit/Party/Sports even as well. And it was cheaper than a PS4 or XB1 as well.
That sold like shit.
Wii is just an outlier to be honest. There's never been a console that had the metoric rise it did, followed by the equally fast meteroic crash that it had. It's a unique situation, there never will be a Wii again most likely.
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I just made this point on the Wii: it truly was an aberration.
