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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Top 10 Reasons Why the Wii is Very Successful

GuyDuke on 25 January 2010
MikeB said:
1) Microsoft helping to kill PC gaming. Popular Microsoft PC franchises like Fable, Gears of War and Halo are nowadays only available for the XBox 360. Fans are provided no choice.

2) Pricing and reliability, it's cheaper than a Wii and especially old models break a lot. Several friends bought various revivions in the hope it would have less problems (more reliable, less noisy, less disc scratching, etc).

3) Somehow many people in the US actually like Microsoft and thus XBox, less so in other parts of the world. Mass advertising seems more effective there.

4) Microsoft buying Japanese exclusives. Many popular Japanese franchises first released on the 360, the 360 performs very weak in Japan, but it would have performed even weaker.

5) Microsoft buying exclusivity to multi-platform enginge based games.

6) Recommendation of bad coding practices which results in less optimised code as well as hinders porting to non-Microsoft platforms.

Hum... Is it me or you missed completely the point?



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GuyDuke on 25 January 2010

1. The huge appealing for its motion control

2. Family-oriented games

3. Mario

4. History of the company

5. Huge advertising



Rath on 25 January 2010

Has MikeB been a joke account all along? =O



mortono on 25 January 2010

Motion control + Games (Wii Sports & Wii Play) were the two most important things. Without one of those, it wouldn't have been a success.

I sometimes wonder if price was really a factor. The demand was so high at launch, people would've paid a lot more.

Wii Fit and the Balance board certainly was a part of the continued success as well.



WIzarDE on 25 January 2010

It was because of word of mouth.

For instance why did Google became so popular? A friend or something would say, hey use Google it is really good the best search engine out there!

So the same for the Wii (the Wii is a video game console not a search engine ... incase you didn’t know :P).


Oh and people are Sheep xD MEEEHH!



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MikeB on 25 January 2010

@ Onyxmeth

Obviously wrong thread...

Anyway IMO with regard to the Wii:

1) Cute in terms of form factor and gaming image => popular amongst kids, parents and females.
2) Interesting quite unique control scheme.
3) Untapped markets (Wii Fit and such).



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

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arsenicazure on 25 January 2010

1. Mario
2. Zelda
3. Great design: contemporary, compact and easy to set up
4. one SKU
5. Gimmicky/new age control system( wii mote/balance board)
6. Great pack in game ( wii sports),
7. Complex/expensive consoles from rivals
8. Octogenarian appeal
9.----
10.---



Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

owner of : atari 2600, commodore 64, NES,gameboy,atari lynx, genesis, saturn,neogeo,DC,PS2,GC,X360, Wii

5 THINGS I'd like to see before i knock out:

a. a AAA 3D sonic title

b. a nintendo developed game that has a "M rating"

c. redesgined PS controller

d. SEGA back in the console business

e. M$ out of the OS business

LordTheNightKnight on 25 January 2010

"Oops, I thought it said XBox 360. It was still too early... "

You mean you just woke up or something?



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

MikeB on 25 January 2010
LordTheNightKnight said:
"Oops, I thought it said XBox 360. It was still too early... "

You mean you just woke up or something?

I posted that just before heading of to work. Every day I wake up 5:45 and leave my home 6:30.

I clicked the wrong thread.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

Mummelmann on 25 January 2010
The Ghost of RubangB said:
1) Wii Sports.
2) The best and most family games.
3) The best and most party games.
4) The best and most casual games.
5) The best and most exercise games.
6) The best and most zombie games.
7) The best and most motion controlled games.
8) The best and most IR-pointer controlled games.
9) The best and most retro games.
10) The best and most advertising.

If you've owned a PC for more than three days you should be ashamed of yourself for saying that...