The evolution of the console market over time

[JWeinCom]

Norion said:

JWeinCom said:

I think the "mainly/only bought it for Wii Sports/Fit" crowd is substantial, but the question of why the person bought the Wii is largely irrelevant to whether or not they would buy a Switch. The more apt question is what did they enjoy on the Wii.

Just because someone got caught in the Wii Sports craze and bought a Wii doesn't meant that's all they played on the Wii. Wii Sports was basically a trojan horse. Nintendo obviously didn't plan to sell a Wii to someone for a minor profit and never make another dime off of them. The hope obviously was that they would buy Wii Sports and then would go on to buy other games. And since sales of basically every Nintendo franchise went up, it seems like that's exactly what happened. And quite possibly they liked these games enough that in the future their sequels might help influence them to buy a new system.

Again, it really comes down to the fact that from the beginning people hated the Wii and were arguing that the people buying it were filthy casual gamers who would lead to Nintendo's downfall in the long run. And they're sticking to the narrative regardless of whether there's any evidence.

To be more clear I meant people who bought a Wii for Wii Sports and then after growing tired of that game barely used the Wii anymore. The crowd who bought a Wii due to games like that and then went on to buy other games like Mario ones is far bigger so I agree with your analysis. Some of the Wii's success did come from people who only ever played stuff like Wii Sports but the size of that group is often quite overstated.

I think we're essentially in agreement.