Very mainstream, why else do you think Sony released a PS Eye for the PS3, but hasn't done a thing with it? Because they're mainly focussing on the hardcore (male) gamers at the moment. I find it a total shame as the PS Eye would be a real asset to movements in gaming. Only a few PS Eye games were released on the PSN from the start and since then we haven't seen any of them again. Hopefully Eye Pet will make the big change, but I doubt we will see that game any time sooner than 2010, as the usual habit of Sony. Announcing games / stuff years before their actually release.

That was gonna be my next question for him, but he started ignoring me.  I'm pretty sure more people used a Power Pad than an EyeToy.

I don't mean in terms of its intended appeal, I mean in terms of its actual market penetration. "Widespread" was the word used. The EyeToy was never very big, to the best of my knowledge.

So I guess I'm in agreement with Rubang, who steals my thoughts on a regular basis.

The average joe buying consoles in general know nothing of what they're really buying other then face value and they don't go on internet forums and talk about games.

I know plenty of people that are buying or planning on buying a PS3 for the Sony name because they've always bought Sony, not really knowing what is going into the system, the specs or anything.  Same could be said for the average buyer of all consoles, buyers will buy things for face value, they buy things for price/value, name brand, games they want, something they enjoyed at a friends house, those are the most common reasons I come across and to be honest if you're not seriously into games why else would you look into these things.  Buyers for all consoles are generally "casual" just one console gets the most casuals because of the reasons I already listed and that company has the most things that appeal to the average buyer.

Yeah, Wii production finally meeting demand is such a phail lol :P

Well, I know it sold a few million because some of the EyeToy only games sold over a million.

It was supposedly bigger in Europe than in America.

Yeah it was a really nifty device. I loved mine. But sadly it didn't seem like a hit here in the US.

Wikipedia cites a Gamasutra article as saying the Eyetoy sold 10.5 million units by the end of 2008. That's pretty damn good for a peripheral. The only peripherals in the Eyetoy's league that I can think of are the original NES Zapper (which had lousy software support) and the balance board (which is crushing all previous peripherals under its iron boot).

Wow! I would have guessed 5million or less. I'm really curious what the breakdown by region was. I felt like I was the only person in North America with one!

But "Joe Consumer" does not read these websites.

The vast majority of the people who are reading this informaiton (and misinformation) are those who have their minds already made up.

For example, Fox News is (a) the most watched cable news network in the United States and (b) perceived to have a bias toward the conservative end of the political spectrum.  Everyone points out its influence but if its viewership is only 2.5M people per night, that means 304M ARE NOT WATCHING.

Now I know that some of those not watching are children and I know that you can say that those who consume TV cable news are more likely to be decision-makers. But the 2006 and 2008 American elections would make a falacy of that statement.

In other words, people make decisions based upon their wants/needs and perceived wants/needs. And if they want a Wii, they will buy a Wii -- Yahoo UK be damned.

Mike from Morgantown