Wii outsells all non-Nintendo systems combined in April

Montrealien - 591 days 7 hours ago

Funny you should say that, I sold one just today to this elderly couple who wants to bowl at home.

The Wii is not a freak of nature, it is a console for everyone.... ;D

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cmrbe - 591 days 6 hours ago

a sales freak for sure.

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RecSpec - 591 days 6 hours ago

Nintendo doesn't care, they profit off every Wii.

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Torch - 591 days 6 hours ago

Personally, as a Wii-launch buyer, the novelty that is the Wii wore off after about a month...namely around Christmas, when Santa started rolling the goods for my much-more-adored PS3.

Following that, it was used on occasion as a quite-capable web-browser and weather-forecaster.

Now it does nothing more than sit atop the big-screen collecting dust (but thanks to it's white outer casing, you'd never know it.) ;)

Here's the strange thing: Despite the fact that I have no intention to start waving that Wiimote any time soon, (Rayman Raving Rabbids was the last title I bought...not too far after launch(!)), I just can't get myself to sell it, nor do I have any regrets for having purchased it.

Maybe it's just too darn cute.

And that is the mysticism of Nintendo to which I have personally fallen victim to.

Supernatural voodoo, I say!

So am I happy with it? Hell no!

That said: Nor do I possess any any bitterness or resentment towards the Little Box that Could. You know, sort of that that numb, lifeless feeling a unwilling spouse eventually succumbs to following an initially-resentful and morbid arranged marriage.

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fenderputty - 591 days 5 hours ago

Casuals are dominating the market. If Sony and MS are stating that they're not in competition with the Wii for the casuals, and sales were this poor, then isn't it safe to say that the hardcore market is becoming more saturated? I mean seriously ... the game sold 5 million in 5 days and almost nothing on the hardware front. I know May will play a factor but, how huge? What if by the time Sony and MS get down to casual price ranges, the Wii will have already killed them? Will staying at these higher price points be the major factor of the Wii's continued dominance? Could it be that sales were actually worse and that the consoles were boosted? What if the Wii is actually stealing some of the hardcores as well?

Honestly ... I'm just tossing out ideas right now but, If I were Sony and MS, I would be more than a little taken aback by this. Cause right now Nintendo has a cheaper package thats a little different and is being marketed extremely well.

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fenderputty - 591 days 5 hours ago

the exact same with waggle controllers. =(

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Montrealien - 591 days 7 hours ago

You'll need to much more then 200k consoles a month to stop this cuddly monster.

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cmrbe - 591 days 6 hours ago

You can destroy the Ninterrorist by lowering the PS3 price this year.

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gogators - 591 days 6 hours ago

but it would be nice if you could at least get them back under control. Add a few bruises.

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cmrbe - 591 days 3 hours ago

Steve could use the red ring of fire to burn the ninterroist :)

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cmrbe - 591 days 6 hours ago

for hardcore gamers really.

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Montrealien - 591 days 6 hours ago

Funny, I remember reading the same thing when some huge corp wanted to enter the console market in the mid 90's. I'll give you three guess on who that is, oh and the first 2 don't count 'D

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