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Zlejedi on 17 April 2009

Why would anyone who doesn't have Wii be excited about WM+ ?

Yes it will sell millions but seriously how is it going to be system syller i can't understand.



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Esa-Petteri on 17 April 2009
Zlejedi said:
Why would anyone who doesn't have Wii be excited about WM+ ?

Yes it will sell millions but seriously how is it going to be system syller i can't understand.

 

There is some merit to a claim like that. Waggle was not at all interesting for a lot of PS360 gamers and it just MIGHT be a bit more interesting for them IF all the games will support it.



jlauro on 17 April 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
Is there really some grounds for that the wii would have expanded the market that much?

If you compare the leading/second/third place consoles from last 2 gens(from the launches) you will see that:

Wii has done:

3,2m better than ps2 in america
3,1m better in eu
1,5m worse in jap

=4,8m better than last gen number 1 console overall

360 has done:

3,3m better than xbox in america
4,5m better in eu
500k better in jap

=8,3m better than last gen number 2 console overall

ps3 has done:

500k better than gc in america
6,5m better in eu
200k worse in jap

=6,8m better than last gen number 3 console overall.

Raw numbers wise second and third place consoles have done better than wii and percentage wise a lot better. :O

 

If the Wii is having more sales than the PS2 did with only 50% of the market when the PS2 had 80%, then you just proved your question that the Wii really is expanding the market that much.



Cobretti2 on 17 April 2009

man in reality we don't know what will happen.

Let's see

Nintendo this gen so far hasn't:

- Had a price drop
- Released different colours
- Released limited edition versions


These three things may or may not sky rocket sales.



 

 

Esa-Petteri on 17 April 2009
jlauro said:

If the Wii is having more sales than the PS2 did with only 50% of the market when the PS2 had 80%, then you just proved your question that the Wii really is expanding the market that much.

I don't follow your logic.

 



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Esa-Petteri on 17 April 2009
Cobretti2 said:
man in reality we don't know what will happen.

Let's see

Nintendo this gen so far hasn't:

- Had a price drop
- Released different colours
- Released limited edition versions


These three things may or may not sky rocket sales.

 

Do those colors really matter for home consoles outside japan? :P



Zkuq on 17 April 2009

I think Wii might even be going down in the end. HD consoles will be gaining market share, especially once PS3's price drops, while Wii doesnt' seem to be affected that much by anything else than trends. Of course a price cut could help Wii. I think we'll see if Wii is a fad by the end of 2010. I'm not sure if it really matters though, as they'll be at 80M at least by then, even if it start falling before it. 80M by the end of 2010 ought to be enough to win this gen easily, and it's probably going to be more than that.

And that's not to say Wii is going down... That's only to say it's definitely possible.

Anyway, have you noticed how actual sales numbers seem to pretty accurately correspond market shares right now? It seems about 100M consoles have been sold this gen.



Zlejedi on 17 April 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
Zlejedi said:
Why would anyone who doesn't have Wii be excited about WM+ ?

Yes it will sell millions but seriously how is it going to be system syller i can't understand.

 

There is some merit to a claim like that. Waggle was not at all interesting for a lot of PS360 gamers and it just MIGHT be a bit more interesting for them IF all the games will support it.

Well if you weren't interested in motion sensing in first place would you be interested in more accurate motion sensing with a new collection of mini-games ?

To catch hardcore x360/ps3 players on Wii - hmm I don't know maybe really good Star Wars game would do the trick.

 



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Cobretti2 on 17 April 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
Cobretti2 said:
man in reality we don't know what will happen.

Let's see

Nintendo this gen so far hasn't:

- Had a price drop
- Released different colours
- Released limited edition versions


These three things may or may not sky rocket sales.

 

Do those colors really matter for home consoles outside japan? :P
strangely enough it does, I know how stupid it sounds but I've seen it all too often with past Nintendo Consoles. Oh a black DS fuck let me get it. Oh a black gamecube fuck le tme get it.For some reason people go crazy about black haha. I know people who for example own multiple DS consoles because of new colours coming out and limited edition ones.

 

 



 

 

Esa-Petteri on 17 April 2009
Zlejedi said:
Esa-Petteri said:
Zlejedi said:
Why would anyone who doesn't have Wii be excited about WM+ ?

Yes it will sell millions but seriously how is it going to be system syller i can't understand.

 

There is some merit to a claim like that. Waggle was not at all interesting for a lot of PS360 gamers and it just MIGHT be a bit more interesting for them IF all the games will support it.

Well if you weren't interested in motion sensing in first place would you be interested in more accurate motion sensing with a new collection of mini-games ?

To catch hardcore x360/ps3 players on Wii - hmm I don't know maybe really good Star Wars game would do the trick.

 

I was not interested in motion sensing because it really is just a replacement for pushing a button in most games. I don't really care about minigames which use motion sensing but IF every game will use WM+ (assuming it will be good) I MIGHT be interested to try it out. IF there will be good games supporting it. We shall see.