Wii sales are not driven by games

[steven787]

steven787 said:
What about a combination of things?

Software... WiiFit, WiiSports, Mario Galaxy, Smash, Zelda, etc.
Hardware is sleek and sexy
Peripherals/Controllers (some actually serve a purpose) and work
Affordable
And cool (to normal people) with great advertising.

It may not be the best at any one thing (except maybe periphs) but it's a combination...

PS2
Software MGS, GTA, Madden (Remember at first PS2 was the only one with online play, because EA was anti-MS), ZoE (big early gen game), Final Fantasy X.
Hardware: Black was cool in 2001, Smaller than Xbox, Not purple, no handle, DVD out of box (when many still didn't have a dvd player).
Peripherals: DDR (PS1&2 First), Karaoke Rev (Again First on Sony), Great standard controller.
Affordable: $299 (more or equal to the competition but not $500 either)
Cool: PS was the coolest gaming machine around by 2000.

I quoted myself to make a point.  Not because my argument here was right, it may or may not be, but because both sides of this argument in this thread are clearly wrong.  No one thing = success.

 

You guys can keep ignoring reason all you want, but success requires looking beyond your preconceived notions and look at things impartially and rationally (even crazy radio hosts look rationally at the requirements of their profession, voice, tone, entertainment, pandering...).  Nintendo looked at itself and the gaming industry from an outside perspective to see the flaws in the previous profit model.  They needed to cut on development cost and focus on marketing to new users through ads, games, hardware, and asthetics.