I know that alot who got the Wii is because of the different way you play the games. Unlike others, that doesn't appeal to me one iota. I'm not loyal to just one brand of console, but I have enjoyed Sony games and systems far more than the others out there. Lately I can't even find an excuse to play my 360 and it's just been gathering dust since the last time I played Tiger Woods on it a month ago. In the meantime I've been logging more time on my PS2 playing various games.
There are people out there who are like me and just waiting for a game to come out to buy the system. Why be an early adopter if none of the games out currently truly interest me? However, later this summer I plan on picking up a PS3 and have many friends who are planning on doing the same thing. Their reason for not buying a PS3 yet, is because there is no "Must Have" game that appeals to them out yet, which is the same reason I have.
Sony won't fail and won't discontinue the PS3 for many years in the future as support for the system will increase over time. To go and say "Ha ha" Sony's gonna lose when it's still in it's first year is rather arrogant and incorrect. Sure the Wii is selling alot of systems right now, but I think once the novelty wears off the sales will dwindle and gamers will either go buy another system, or will do things other than play video games. Attracting "Casual and Non-gamers" is a bad strategy to go after. How many games do you think they will purchase? How easily will they get burned out on the games and just end up not using it any longer? You know that the hardcore gamers, aka those who love video games and will play them till they die, will buy tons of games and even buy more systems over time. That is the crowd that really makes you the most money. You want a strong and loyal fanbase that will purchase 5-10 games a year, not those who buy 1-2 a year at the most. Casual gamers and non-gamers don't just impulse buy a game like hardcore gamers do, and don't go out reading game reviews to see what cool new games are coming out in 6 months or 2 years from now.
Everyone on this forum are hardcore gamers and that is the reason we are here. We are the types of consumers they really want to go after because we are the ones who will increase their profits and revenues. That 80 year old woman who bought a wii for wii sports or whatever isn't going to be here on this forum and won't be buying many games therefore not being a consistent revenue maker for the company.
To myself I start to think that much of the hype of the wii is from the "Pokemon" generation of gamers that are older and are starting to earn a disposable income. (Just a joke, I'm having fun with this. :P ) I'm thinking that they may have corrupted and brain washed the followers to "buy a Wii, your friends will love you and you will be cool!". There is nothing that really gets my attention from Nintendo. Of all those "Must have" games that are coming out, how many involve Mario? Link? Donkey Kong? Samus from Metroid? I think at my last count it was around 80% of the games listed by another poster above. (It could be higher as the name may not have had "Mario" in the title like 40% of them.) I grew up with those characters since I was a kid, and honestly, I'm tired of them. Nintendo seems to be very good at manipulating the fans of Nintendo by saturating the market with rehashed games of ones they made 20+ years ago hoping that they are such big fans that they will buy every single game that has them involved.
For myself, there are several games that I am looking forward to playing on the PS3. I won't name them because everyone has repeated the titles names about a million times here. The PS3 isn't dead, it's just waiting for the games to come out and bring the PS2 owners to the next generation by releasing the games that they have been waiting for. I'd rather have my $600 sitting in a interest bearing savings account or a money market account instead of it sitting on my entertainment center waiting for the game I want to play on it to come out.
