For all those who think (hope) the Wii will magically STOP SELLING

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#1 jedigemini
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I have to laugh at the mindset of people who think the Wii is just a fad and it's sales are are going to slow significantly at some point. What is the precedent for this kind of thinking? Seriously, has it ever happened? I fully expect that at some point people who own Wii Sports will get tired of it, but that doesn't explain how others who haven't played it yet will tire of it (you know, the non-gamers Nintendo is goping after)

Console sales as far as I've followed them tend to snowball as more people buy systems, more games are made for said system, and then more people buy the system to play the new games. Why would that pattern stop with the Wii?

If developers want to make high budget games that can be played only on the Xbox 360/PS3, then that's their perogative. It's hard to wonder why they would do so if the Wii ends up with the largest userbase. Last gen when the PS2 was the market leader and comparatively the weakest system, weren't games develped for it first and then ported up to the other systems?

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#3 mr_w25
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people get bored of that stuff. thats why i already sold mine and now im happy wiht my ps3 and 360
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#4 InfamousC
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I agree Wii is no fad.
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#5 baddog121390
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I just want some hardcore games - non of this party game crap.
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#6 Iyethar
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I just want some hardcore games - non of this party game crap.baddog121390
You'll get them. It's just going to take until the end of the year because publishers backed the wrong horse with their pre-launch development efforts.
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#7 Davis092
Member since 2006 • 1449 Posts
With this much hype, what makes them think that Nintendo will ever let the hype die?
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#8 useLOGIC
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its not that i think it may stop selling because its a fad.

its that i think it may stop selling because consumers are keen to detect game droughts.

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#9 Kojak8888
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Honestly, I think that the Wii will win the sales this gen, because it appeals to the casuals. But next gen, when the Xbox and Playstation (if it's still around) get even better graphics, and have motion sensing somehow, and all their features that they have/are getting in future updates- I don't see how Nintendo can compete against all of that since they don't like to do that. What are they going to do? Have a huge VR helmet or a microphone be a controller? There's only so many ways to be innovative with how you play a game.