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Kakadu18 on 13 February 2021
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Shiken said:
Pyro as Bill said:

Is the conventional thinking that out of 100m Wii owners, only 15% went to WiiU and the rest disengaged?

Did none of the rest move to Sony/MS? If they did then that would mean the 8th gen saw a decline in the traditional support for the 'twins' wouldn't it?

There is actually a high number of people that did not even know the WiiU was Nintendo's next console.  I know someone who was given one for xmas, and it sat in his closet because he though it was just an add on for his Wii.

I mentioned the Switch to him just after it came out, and he said, "Man Nintendo has not released anything since the Wii.  Its about time!"

When I told him what the WiiU was, he was shocked to realize he had Nintendo's next console all along and never knew.  So I would not be suprised if a number of casual gamers were just waiting on Nintendo's next console lol.

Of course I don't believe that only 15% of Wii owners moved to another console, but it makes for a fun story.

That is the most ridiculous story I've ever heard. Did he even take the shortest glance at the box right in front of his eyes before putting it away and never even bothering to try it out?