"limited on the type of gameplay available"?

I could probably say that for the X360.

Anyways why would I want to graduate to a piece of equipment that will breakdown on me?

I will graduate to PS3, no RROD :)

I guess I shouldn't say all my time, as I have a wife also, but whenever I have free time - to surf the web, watch tv, etc.

that issue is so 2007 :)

Really, I wouldn't let that influence your decision.

out of 10 at my job [ages 24-65] 1 owns a 360 1 wii the rest wants a wii cause of the less amount of buttons. wii wins

To all the Ninty's

Who coined the term Wii360? Peter Moore, VP of xbox and stuff (well ex VP)

That was almost a year ago! This isn't news, this has always been MS's standpoint towards the Wii. They're the ones who announced that you could buy a Wii+ 360 for the price of a PS3.

Everyones pissed off because he used the word "graduate"?? Are you people serious?

Microsoft sees a market for Wii users who want more but can't be offered on the Wii. If they want more matured games ala Mass Effect, HD graphics for their HD TV's then yes the 360 can be the system they "graduate" too.

Now back to the original disagreement:

The Wii is most popular amongst kids in general and to a much lesser degree adult females. The 360 is a lot less popular amongst kids and not popular amongst adult females at all. Parents in general are unlikely enabling kids to own more than 1 new gen console.

So, I don't think Microsoft's expectations will come true.

There are three types of lies -- lies, damned lies, and statistics. The figures cited herein demonstrate that.

There is no console for everyone. But it is highly doubtful that someone who is a new user and attracted to the Wii will go on to the PS3 and 360 ... at least in the short-term.

The Wii is getting older buyers and younger buyers. The only group that it does not highly appeal to are males 15-24. Children, females and older buyers all tend to like the system.

So the graduation ceremonies will be few and far between.

Just my thoughts.

Mike from Morgantown

Not that kind of arguing again... I'll be waiting for the day when we argue about whether negrids or real aryans play more the Wii or the PS3. Even some jew may own Wii.
Oh please, look at the numbers at the front page, they don't tell you who owns what system and don't even care. If we want to make an argument about the audience who buys what system, the biggest questions consider how many people are buying PS3 because of it's BD drive and how many people buy Wii only because of Wii Sports (only in this case things for Wii are better since Nintendo has the "Wii" series of games) and this basically has relevance only in terms of game sales.

As what it comes to "graduating", Happy Squrriel wins the thread. It's more likely that "after graduating" people are going to buy more traditional games for their Wii than buy a new system. It's just a lot cheaper. Also, this is only one part of Wiis userbase, most people (at least so far) know what they are buying and have made a choice between innovation and HD graphics.

anecdotal: I have a wii (37) and xbox360, sister (36) have a wii, sister of my wife (39) have a wii, youngest son of my brother (10) have a ps3.