[QUOTE="Setsa"][QUOTE="Iyethar"][QUOTE="Setsa"][QUOTE="Iyethar"]But those three you listed outnumber the hardcore. Very true, the problem is though, while Nintendo is realing in cash like crazy atm, the system isn t really going to be a strong competitor in 2 years time. To me it appears to be a fad that will eventually lose it s popularity, but hey, I could be wrong and Nintendo could still pull something off to make it appeal to tradition/hardcore gamers and until then, I ll stick with what i ve got now.[QUOTE="Setsa"][QUOTE="Supafly1"][QUOTE="Setsa"]The Wii is going to die out buddy, it s jsut a matter of time now. Sure it seems fun to play at first, but it is crap for hardcore gamers. Only three types of people buy the Wii in my perspective: people who are just breaking into the gaming society, people whoa re rich enough to afford multiple systems (Wii + 360/PS3), or little kids with ADD/ ADHD.Iyethar
Why not? Every current indicator points to the Wii having the most userbase and most software support in 2 years' time. Why would the dominant system not be a strong competitor?
All i m saying is that i don t think its popularity will last. It s a good system if you ve got a 360/PS3 with it but i can t imagine any tradition/hardcore gamers surviving with only the Wii. While the Wii is attracting a lot of people to the gaming market, the Wii is in a different league from the other two systems. It s more of a "party" system that s fun to play with friends (or when you re drunk) but imo it doesn t seem right to be sitting at home waving your controler around for more than an hour.Why not? What you just told me boils down to "I would get bored of the Wii after owning it for a while." How do you get from there to "People will stop buying it"?
And if they will stop buying it, when?
Some people will eventually get bored of the Wii. There is only so much it can do for so long to still make it seem fun. Right now everyone who has a Wii is enjoying it because it is fresh, innovative, etc. but after a while the innovation will get old. There will still be those who have fun with it and buy the Wii, but it s popularity will decrease because something else catches their eye. Human kind is always looking for new ways to have fun and sometimes people will rush into something without thinking about it in the long run. When a lot of men and women were younger, they played pokemon, digimon, etc. cards because they seemed hot an everyone was buying them. After a few years though they became stale and lost a fair chunk of their fan base. People still buy them now though, and the franchise perserveres because of it, but atm it sin t doing as well as it was before. My prediction is this will happen to the Wii as well.Again, you're focusing on the potential for people who have already bought a Wii to get tired of the novelty. How does this discourage new customers from purchasing? If anything, it's driving Wii sales, because people are trying to recapture and sustain the novelty through vicarious experience. They show other people Wii Sports, enjoy watching them play it for the first time. Then some of those people say "I've got to get a Wii!" and continue the process.
More importantly, though, this is the console industry. After a few years of sales like this, Wii will be in an unstoppably dominant position, much like the PS2 circa 2003. It won't need novelty anymore because it'll have massive software support.
Very good point, haters calling it a novelty item at this point are just setting themselves up for embarassment... if anything, 3rd parties behind the Wii ensure it will become even more popular than it is now.
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