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TWRoO on 24 October 2007
Words Of Wisdom said:
TWRoO said:
At least the Wii has a bubble.

Oh snap.


oh sorry had you already said that?....i didn't read the thread it was full of arguments and i don't like to be in arguments unless i was in from very early (that way i can rule the thread with my incredible logic blanket that i put over idiotic posts)



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MeowTheMouse on 24 October 2007
TWRoO said:
At least the Wii has a bubble.

ROFL xD

u better run away be4 those ps3/360 fans kill u xP



celine on 24 October 2007
SpookyXJ said:
fkusumot said:
Non Sequor said:
fkusumot said:
dtewi said:
Yes.

So PS3 games sell as good as wii games.

But Wii games outselling PS3 games is a stupid arguement becuase you compare attach ratios to see which software sells better, not sales.

Uhm... what?


I think from a financial perspective, total sales is the final arbiter of the success of a product, but from a marketing perspective, attach rate is more important since it attempts to separate the success of the game from the success of the console.


You mean from a "spin" perspective? Seriously, we're talking about sales. Is the Wii bubble about to burst? Developers don't care about "attach rates", they care about sales. Specifically, they care about sales of the games they make. Right, or did I misconstrue what you were saying?


I have to say the Wii amazes me. I was sure it was a gimmick that would die off not long after launch but is a juggernaut I don't foresee loosing momentum anytime soon. The install base is already there and theres been nothing but profit for Nin. I'm not sure the majority of 3rd parties will embrace it fully as its difficult to shift your thinking from the way things have been. Although I'm sure many 3rd partys will figure out how to take full advantage of the Wii's target demographic to boost attach rates.

I personally don't get it. I've palyed with it a little in the store and don't understand the appeal or why wii sports is fun. My only guess is thay have tapped a truley new market in casual gamers that I just didn't think existed. The only other thing I can think of is its price point and how in my youth and how difficult it was for me to talk my parents into a NES as a christmas gift due to its cost as well as how hard it was to justify the cost of additional titles for the console. I guess I can't get past seeing it see it aimed mostly at youth gaming. Then again my taste in games has gotten progressivly darker and grittier as I have aged. I also have to admit I'm a graphics whore a thing a lot of us PC gamers can't seem to get past.

Anyway my first post here and I have to say I'm enjoying the site emensly. Lots of intellegent disscussion going on.


 Maybe you should read Sean Malstrom 's articles ...



 “In the entertainment business, there are only heaven and hell, and nothing in between and as soon as our customers bore of our products, we will crash.”  Hiroshi Yamauchi

TAG:  Like a Yamauchi pimp slap delivered by Il Maelstrom; serving it up with style.

Words Of Wisdom on 24 October 2007
SpookyXJ said:

I personally don't get it. I've palyed with it a little in the store and don't understand the appeal or why wii sports is fun.

There were people hundreds of years ago that didn't understand how the Earth could not be flat.

There were people 40 years ago who didn't understand why anyone would want to own their own computer.

Those people didn't get it either so rest assured that you are not alone.



Kasz216 on 24 October 2007

The Wii bubble will pop in my opinion.

The only thing is... people are way overexagerating what that means. Eventually a lot of the old people market will decide they won't want new systems. The centers using them for physcial therapy will slow down, or just stop as everyone who will use one for that will already have one... etc.

Eventually people will actually you know, be able to go in stores and purchase a wii if they want one, any time of any day, just like any other videogame system.

However it will still be the market leader when this market pops... because believe it or not... gamers still infact do buy the Wii. Also, a good portion of the expanded market will still stick around.

The Wii isn't a bubble so much as that a small part of it's consumer base is. Which is the case for any product that so hugely popular it becomes a media story.

 Considering how the industry seems to be largely momentum based, it seems Nintendo is using this market just how a spaceship uses those outside rockets that give the spaceship a huge lift and then fall away, i'm too lazy too look up what those are called right now.

Though I think Nintendo is extremely shocked at how long those boosters have stayed on and are still performing.  So perhaps a large part of that market actually will stick around.



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SpookyXJ on 24 October 2007
Words Of Wisdom said:
SpookyXJ said:

I personally don't get it. I've palyed with it a little in the store and don't understand the appeal or why wii sports is fun.

There were people hundreds of years ago that didn't understand how the Earth could not be flat.

There were people 40 years ago who didn't understand why anyone would want to own their own computer.

Those people didn't get it either so rest assured that you are not alone.


Thats true. Maybe I am narrow minded. Could be part of ageing. The thing is I'm trying to understand the phenomenon even if I don't get the appeal. Point me to Sean's articles I'm always interested to hear someones viewpoint. 



SpookyXJ on 24 October 2007

Thanks man just read the cycles article and I agree with his perspective on things. It defines my problem I don't like where things are going. I'm very antisocial aside from internet forms.