Uh-oh. I just saw how late it is. I better get some milk and cookies and go to bed.

Don't forget to put on your pyjamas and tell your mommy to read you a story, after all, that's how we, Wii owers, are all like.

i will not even bother to spent my precious time on reading what Microsoft says....

I would imagine most of the older Wii owners have families and kids of their own. The Wii is inarguably the most family friendly system, which is one of its key selling traits. It's also the system that works best with multiple people (like a household) that want to play in the same room on the same console.

The handful of 30 something or older single guys who only game on the Wii are definitely a deviation from the vast majority of gamers and in no way prove that it caters to the older "more mature" players. Possibly barring those who are strictly Wii Sports, Wii Fit kind of owners.

Nintendo and Microsoft have different target audiences and pretty different aspirations.

Correct for the most part

If you think about Nintendo, their audience will tend to be quite a bit younger than our audiences. 

I would imagine the opposite to be true.

They will skew on more games that are more casual.

Correct, although that is not to say that hardcore games don't sell on the Wii

They buy fewer games per console.

That's not entirely true, considering each console's first 18 months on the American market, and counting Wii Sports the Wii has a higher attach rate.

Their ecosystem around the console is very Nintendo-focused. If you look at the top 20 games on the Wii, almost all of them are from Nintendo.

If you look at the top 20 console games of all time, 15 of them are 1st party Nintendo/pokemon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best_selling_video_games#Top_20_console_games_of_all_time

Note that if bundled games are included the number is 16

Now, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best_selling_video_games#Wii

Of the top 20 Wii games, 14 are 1st party Nintendo (15 if you include bundled games)

I guess we can change "only Nintendo games sell on Nintendo consoles" to

"only Nintendo games sell" 

It’s a very different approach. They’re not trying to be a digital entertainment platform. They’re not trying to do movie video downloads. They don’t have the same type of Xbox Live service we have.

True-ish. The Wii got the BBC player deal, alot of good onlie games have come out recently, as has Wiiware and the Everybody's Nintendo channel. Oh, and internet browsing. Yes the 360 has a better live service, but you have to pay for it, and the Wii is catching up

Because (the Nintendo Wii) is at a lower price point and reaches a little bit more casual audience, they will do better on units proportionally than we will over time. (But) business is in very good shape. We said 12 months ago that Xbox would make money this fiscal year and we are on a path to do that. That’s a big milestone for us.

The Wii is at a lower price point is it?? The arcade is cheaper than the Wii in Europe. We'll see who is forced to price drop next. 

PR bullshit, nothing to see here 

Why does everyone always forget those little old ladies Wii sells to!

Im 25:

I own a Wii with 4 games (all Nintendo games) and only play it when people who do not own other consoles come round.

I own a 360 with around 15 games (variety of publishes) and play it the rest of the time and online with and without my friends.

I do not think I am alone on this boat. Granted a few of my games such as GH3 it wouldnt really matter which console I owned them on (havent really touched GH3 online) but if i want a game to play myself I will tend to buy a game on the 360 as i think they are better for "couch potato-ing". In my opinion the variety and quality is also better.

Not that I am criticising Nintendo, they are doing a fantastic job, making a lot of profit and im sure i will buy a few more Nintendo games for the Wii over the next few years.

Im 29:

I own a Wii with 10 games (Nintendo and Capcom mainly) and play whenever I have time available (unfortunately not much). I will continue to buy games at a steady pace though, even if I dont finish all of them.

I own no 360 and dont intend to buy one. Ever.

I do not think I am alone on this boat.

I can feel the fear in MS statements. Next step: talk about 3rd party hardcore attach ratio in the USA.

@Itsa:

You mean like: in the core gamer audience (age 18-20), the core games (only FPSes) sell better on the 360. In the US. Maybe.