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sinha on 16 October 2007

According to the President of Enterbrain (Famitsu publisher) Hirokazu Hamamura:

It's not all good news for Nintendo, though. Hamamura noted that the Wii hasn't seen a second big hit at the level of Wii Sports, and cited figures that suggest 67% of Wii owners haven't used the system of late. However, he admitted that Wii Fit is drawing attention, and added that it's possible that more games make the platform switch akin to Monster Hunter 3.

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-What kind of time period is "of late"?

-How can such a statistic even be accurately gathered? (I'm a bit skeptical)

-Could this lack of games be the reason for declining Wii sales in Japan?

-How does this compare to Wii usage in regions other than Japan? (related vgchartz thread)



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Galaki on 16 October 2007

95% of all statistics are made on the spot, including this one.



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Rath on 16 October 2007

I would like to know the meaning of 'of late' the size of the sample and everything else before I give this any credence.

Very interesting statistic if true.



albionus on 16 October 2007

It's also not very useful without comparisons to other systems. Not just current gen systems but for example what was the PS2 usage rate in 2001? Also what are the rates for systems based on sales. By which I mean is it higher for systems that sell quicker and less for systems that sell less quickly, the same, or perhaps reversed. The Wii is the fastest selling system in Japan which means it's grabbing a larger share of less dedicated gamers quicker. Whatever the reality may be there's no denying that that figure doesn't sound good for the Wii.



Avinash_Tyagi on 16 October 2007

meh, that will all change in a few weeks



 

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tabsina on 16 October 2007

Hrmm, times are tough, Nintendo must move it up to the next level

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*~Onna76~* on 16 October 2007

Those guys at Famitsu have been pro Sony from the past, just in case no one hasn't noticed before, so no wonder why they feel like to bash at the WII.

And perhaps Famitsu should look at the release list of the PS3 in Japan, which is less half the size comparing to the list of the WII. With perhaps only 1 or 2 games which might boost hardware sales. If WII is bad news, then how bad news is the PS3?



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Saiyar on 16 October 2007
Rath said:
I would like to know the meaning of 'of late' the size of the sample and everything else before I give this any credence.

Very interesting statistic if true.

 I heard the stat comes from the Everybody Votes Channel.



GranTurismo on 16 October 2007

I don't see how you guys think that the number is made up, Japan has seen almost no great games for the system in so long, plus the Japanese go to school and work they don't sit around and play games all day like people in NA.



Rath on 16 October 2007
GranTurismo said:
I don't see how you guys think that the number is made up, Japan has seen almost no great games for the system in so long, plus the Japanese go to school and work they don't sit around and play games all day like people in NA.

 There isnt any proof it isnt. The number itself is so statistically useless, how long is 'Of late'? A day? A week? A month? 

How large was the sample? What was the 'margin of error'?