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Avalach21 on 27 November 2007

Hello everyone!

 

I got stuck in an english class about "gender issues" - yeah, I'll refrain from saying anymore.

 

So for our final research essay, we get to write a paper about any topic of our choosing, as long as it somehow relates to gender.  So I'm going to write about the Wii (and DS) and how Nintendo is attempting to bring more women into gaming, how they market their products towards women etc.  I was just wondeirng if anyone here could direct me to any great sources on this topic.  I'd really really appreciate it!



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Avinash_Tyagi on 27 November 2007

http://malstrom.50webs.com/newworld.htm

http://thewiikly.zogdog.com/author.php?author=8



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

TWRoO on 27 November 2007

What about the advert for DS with nicole kidman.



TWRoO on 27 November 2007

or how about the conference Nintendo made in Japan.
http://www.irwebcasting.com/071010/53/f078bbc3f8/index.html


It gives slides like these showing how they are successfully encouraging more females to buy systems.

 

 



Avalach21 on 27 November 2007

wow thanks a lot guys! I really appreciate it!



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Parokki on 27 November 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#References

Look at the Wikipedia article, see if there are things you'd like to use, and steal their source. Their sources are open-source (har har har), so you don't need to feel bad about it.

That's how half of my university papers get done...



Rugger08 on 27 November 2007

PS3/360 = chick magnet, not!



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Avalach21 on 27 November 2007

thanks guys



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adajio on 27 November 2007

(Not entirely on topic...) Try to use the word "bevy," since TheSource uses it in some of his articles, and it's a really cool word. Using that higher level vocabulary is always good. I had the pleasure of using that word in a History paper not to long ago (thanks TheSource! ;-D ).



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cAPSLOCK on 27 November 2007

Make sure you highlight the contrast between the Wii and other consoles, and what kind of games they have. You're going to have to paint a picture, not just dive bomb into the topic.



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