Pattern, like younger audience oriented games selling better on wii ? while teen/mature do better on PS3 or 360.

I also just realized. Wii is selling strongest in Japan. Since when have the Japanese been fans of games like Godfather of GTA. Plus the game is a little bit poorly done. I can't help but get bored after about 10 minutes of play. The gameplay is repeditive and DIFFICULT. Every business has a coke factory running in the back, each with about 20 guards armed with tommy guns. I am smart enough to rent the risky games first. A better comparison would be the DS in my opinion. Look at how well those games are doing right now. They have an even more casual audience than the Wii.

This is the long and short of it, Shane -- and I might add it makes much more sense than your theory that people literally will choose not to buy good 3rd party titles "just because," with no explanation given why someone would behave that way (can you give one? I'd be curious, because it's not logical). Nintendo makes good games, and so people buy them. Historically, when other people have made games that are as good (or better) than those made by Nintendo itself, they do quite well, too.

The real problem is that Nintendo consoles have not done well compared to their competitors for the last 8+ years, and this has cost them considerable 3rd party support (who wants to make games for a console that has 1/2 or 1/4 the userbase?) The consequence is that considerably fewer great 3rd party titles have come to their systems. The few great games that HAVE come on their systems have done well -- again, thus disproving your position. 

 Um arent wii owners paying for demos like wii sports or play ?

 No, they're paying for the console and they're paying $40 for the controller that Wii Play comes with and $10 for the game itself, probably because Wiimotes alone are still hard to find in some places.

Yeah, I was waiting for some whiny little fanbot to pull out the "kiddie" argument again.

How do you explain why RedSteel, despite many people thinking it junk, is nearly at the 1 million mark (or might already be)?

I think Wii owners just aren't as starved for games as most PS3 owners are right now. As for the 360, the entire console is aimed at adult gamers. What do you expect?

When good, and hyped games sell poorly then there may be a problem. That is currently happening on the PS3 but not the Wii. Nintendo console owners tend to be pretty picky. At least I am. But during GCN days, crap games didn't sell, but when a 3rd party made an effort and put out a good game, it did sell well, usually. As for casualy, they may only buy a handful of games, like 5-10, for the entire lifetime of the Wii. They will buy the pickup and play fun games, and not so much the crap licenses. They will buy games like MySims etc.

Ugh, this isn't going anywhere. Can a mod just lock the damned thread. This is what happens when a Fanboy thread is started. I am just gonna get angrier and angrier until I say something stupid. Just lock the damned thread. gebx should know better than to start one like this. I say we just lock the threads that are designed to bait the other side into attacking.

Agreed.

Although there is definitely some truth to Wii users "not buying games" (more casual gamers?)