On the same note, the GameCube had 2 price cuts in it's first two years. It didn't have as far to drop compared to the PS3, but still. The PS2 had one price cut after about 1.5 years. Then about one each year after that. This is for the NA pricing only.

nice; continuing to make my point

women are half the population and ps3 is not on the list...wii is at 9% for women and 8% for men, so 8.5%

 8-17 has 32% wii....but i'm sure <25% of the population is 8-17, thus more of the population that wants a wii is an adult than a child

 ie 250 million people in us that are not 8-17 and 50 million that are...that's 21.25million adults and 16 million children...

Yeah........... wii owners will certainly trade an intuitive interface for a controller with a lot of buttons.

 More then half actually. 

What's funny is there were statistical problems with those charts when they originally showed up, that were long forgotten (for example, it's just less likely people polled are going to have a PS3 then 360 and Wii, why would you list a cosnole when you already have it?  What you want and what you actually get can differ do to price and what other people around you want.  etc.) 

Ignoring this though The problem with the Wii is.  Everyone plays it.  While only a few people play the 360 and the PS3.

For example, i may yet still get a 360 before i get a PS3 because there are a number of games on the 360 that my girlfriend would want to play and few she's interested in on the 360.  (Bioshock, Mass Effect vs multiplatform titles also on the 360 and PS2 like Dynasty Warriors Orochi.)

Also my title purchases are often slanted towards what i know she would play as well.   For example my top 3 games to get already out are Batallion Wars, Mario and Sonic and Fire Emblem.  If she gets through No More Heroes and a good part of Trauma Center before buy a new game i may pick up M&S or even Dynasty Warrioirs Orochi.  2 Player co-op does rule in that game. 

Hehe, at least they are starting to admit that their console might be the 2nd in a household console, and not the other way around.

It is highly likely that people who are new or returning to gaming because of the unique and intuitive interface and games of the Wii are going to be interested in more conventional games as time goes on. This, in no way, means that they're going to eventually become interested in the PS3 or XBox 360.

It will be a gradual process, and people who are interested in Wii Sports, Wii Fit or Rayman Raving Rabbids may end up picking up Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart, The Legend of Zelda, Metriod or whatever well crafted conventional game is available; but they will probably not become interested in buying an XBox 360 or PS3 when one of these games is released for it because they will not see an additional value (to justify the system purchase) in what that game offers over what is available for the Wii.

Boy this really hit a nerve?! Is anyone else here currently at work? If not, why aren't you playing the Wii. Whenever I have free time, I play my 360. I had the Wii twice but didn't think much of it so I sold it for a huge profit.

Some points:

1) There are more male gamers than female gamers at this point.

2) Kids are more likely to get cheaper christmas gifts from Santa Claus. (if your kid wants a 100 dollar doll or a 1,000 dollar HDTV this makes quite a differences, exaggerated just to make a point. This nomater if the 100 dollar doll is a complete rip-off and the HDTV is of excellent value for money)

What these surveys indicate:

- The Wii was more popular for christmas amongst young females (over 32%) than adult females (9%).

- The Wii was more popular amongst kids in general (32%) than adults in general.

- The PS3 was most popular amongst male teenagers older than 13  and adult males.

- More adult males (10%) wanted a PS3 than adult females (7% on average according to the survey, so ~4% for adult females).

then you are a hardcore gamer and are the target group for the 360

 i spend my free time with my wife, not playing video games, so i am a casual gamer and am not the target group of the 360

 ms/sony's problem is that the vast majority of people are not hardcore gamers...most are either casual or non-gamers...ps360 can get some of the casual gamers' money, but pretty much none of the non-gamers' money...

MS should drop out of the console race and stick to making software for the PC.