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burninmylight on 02 January 2026
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SvennoJ said:
burninmylight said:

For the bolded sentence, absolutely. Sony made Nintendo and Microsoft's marketing campaign, just like they did the exact same for the PS4 a generation later. But again, a $350-400* Wii with Wii Sports, Twilight Princess HD and power similar to a 360 (keep in mind that this is a year after the 360 launched) still looks more attractive than a PS3 that you'll have to get a second job for.

*I meant to say $350-400 in my earlier post, not $300-400.

Nah this is what gave the Wii its momentum, $249 price and Wii Sports.

Advertising was everywhere









Then Wii Fit added on to the momentum.

$249 is one of those psychological price barriers. $350 sounds twice as expensive.

Uh, I think you took my comment about Sony making Nintendo's marketing campaign a little too literally...

But since we're here, I notice that in none of the ads you posted do we see the price being advertised front and center. All of the graphics and the classic "Wii would like to pay" commercial you've posted all just echo what I'm already saying: Wii sold because of Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the potential of motion controls.

The GameCube was constantly $50-100 cheaper than its competition throughout its lifespan, possibly even $150 because I can't remember the price of the original Xbox in 2004 and 2005. How come that extra $50-100 wasn't a psychological barrier in that generation? I have already said this, but no one has addressed it.

Now I want you to imagine those same graphics above, only replace the SD screenshots and jagged polygons of those games with your imagination of them running in 720p widescreen and looking crisper, sharper and more vibrant. Imagine how much more of "hardcore" (I don't miss the days where that term was thrown around ad nauseum) gamers would have been on board from the start if Twilight Princess launches in HD with better visuals, and Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart and Metroid Prime are built from the ground up for a beefier console that was true generational leap that made jaws hit the floor the same way every new Nintendo console used to. Imagine Capcom thinking that it not only has to get Resident Evil 4 with pointer controls on this box that people are headlocking each other in stores to get, but it also now gets Resi 5 and 6 with pointer controls. Imagine GTA 4 and 5, the Arkham games, the Mass Effect Trilogy, Final Fantasy and more all being possible for this console to handle if their respective publishers see its success and decide to get a piece of the pie.

Do you think that's not worth an extra $100-150 to people? If you think not, then why were the other two consoles worth their price tags yet still sold 46+ 80+ million consoles respectively?

I think you people are looking at the 100+ million Wiis sold and thinking that's the be all, end all, forgetting how hollow that number really is when third parties struggled to sell most exclusives that weren't casual party games, and the last couple years of the Wii's life were relatively comatose.