There's so much wrong with the opening post that i hardly know where to begin but once again i find myself deferring to Grampy's wise, and today brutally amusing, words.
So let me get this straight, you want to remove the only consistently innovative force that has existed in the industry since it's inception? Are you on crack?
regardless of the Wii's success, PS3 and 360 are selling better than the 2nd and 3rd best selling console last generation. So i guess it's alright.
| Sky Render said: Historically, the industry shows some pretty consistent trends. There's generally an antimainstream period of about 10 years (the pre-arcade days, end years of the Atari 2600, the PS1 and PS2 generations), and 10 years of mainstream interest (arcades, NES, Wii). The cycle, if not properly restarted, leads to an industry failure about 5 years out from when the cycle hits the end of a 20-year loop (though funnily enough, the industry is only ever threatened with a crash during an antimainstream portion of the cycle). The industry can be rebooted at any time with a disruptive product which draws mainstream attention back to it, of course, and that's what Nintendo did in 1985 and 2006. Following the cyclical trends, we should see the antimainstream side of the cycle emerge in about 2016 (1995 was the definitive shifting point last time, with the PS1), and a need for a full industry reboot around 2026 or so (give or take a few years), with an almost inevitable industry crash by 2031 if no successful disruption occurs. |
Thats interesting. I was thinking about the 10 yr PS / NES,SNES sales periods being even. Ofcourse its way to young an industry to make these assumptions isnt it. Are there comparable industries/technologies?
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
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the wii is better than any other console IEO!!!!!
BHR-3 said:
i didn't come up with the article stating that the wii was a toy store clerks should have a pretty good idea who is buying each console im mean he sees who purchasing it do you not think that the majority of wii owners are under 12 years old |
Well, it's scary to challenge as unimpeachable a source as a typical store clerk, God knows those guys are worth every penny of the $6.55 they get. And if Fanboy urban legend can be counted on, the case is made. However, what little actual statistical data that is available (without paying for it) shows a somewhat different picture.
In an often quoted study commissioned by Nintendo, but which I have not seen refuted indicated:
Seventy-nine percent of primary Wii gamers are male, most older than 18 with an income of $50,000 or more and more than half game for five or more hours a week.
About 45 percent of the other household members who play Wii are female, with 38 percent 25 or older. Sixty-five percent of these gamers play at least two hours a week, while only 32 percent play five or more a week.
This was a relatively early study and apparently the female gamers are starting to take on a bigger role:
ISG reported:
The Wii widened the market for videogames: in contrast to the other consoles, which appeal to a rather male audience, the Wii's customer demographics are equally female and male (while only 11% of the PlayStation 3 users are female). Not surprising, giving recent study by Information Solutions Group (ISG) that 76% casual gamers are female.
SO I BLAME THE WOMEN!! And Wii Fit
As far as blaming the Wii, a little research on the Internet will show you several major studies indicated that interest in video games by the core adolescent male was waning gradually with indications that the demographic was planning to spend less time at this activity in the future and all of these studies were done before the Wii. So if the industry is growing instead of slowly dying it's probably due to the influcx of new gamers. Maybe you should welcome them.
And if the study showed that it was largely children playing, what would be your point exactly. Children are supposed to play. It's the rest of us that have to justify it.
I enjoy your posts Grampy!
RolStoppable said:
That sounds like something I told you some weeks ago, although you've changed a few words. Well, good artists copy, great artists steal. |
I like to think that I learn only from the best, Rol.
Grampy's post was excellent.
I see what the OP is saying and I understand people are more intrigued with xbox vs PS since they are so close. But the Wii beating them by a wide margin isn't the exciting part, it is Wii beating all previous consoles and breaking records is the interesting part.
Week by week basis, xbox vs PS should draw more crowds but overall that one prime time special in every couple of months goes to the Wii's sales.
Bawh Wii selling too good, my PS3 selling bad Wii shouldn't exist bawh
That's all I'm getting here
"After you win, son, I feel like going for a ride on your bike, haha." ~Doc Louis (Punch Out Wii)
This STILL hasn't been locked? Looks like people are having too much fun in order to part with it.
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