Four Problems Facing the Wii in 2008: #3 - Saturation of Casual Games

lonestarmt - 698 days 1 hour ago

yeah after super smash bros, whats left in 08? Someone can fill me in?

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Peekay - 698 days 1 hour ago

as it's cool to buy a Wii, it'll keep selling.

I think the Wii's target audience has/will shift past the average gamer into general consumer territory.

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SaiyanFury - 698 days ago

if it can maintain software sales. The author of the article states that casual gamers don't usually follow gaming news so they don't always know what's coming out at any given time. They usually peruse a store and if they happen to be in the gaming section, they may find something that they think would be enjoyable. The Wii certainly is far from doomed, but it will need the consistent software sales to maintain it's momentum. I don't rank it as well as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it's a decent system nonetheless. I don't flame people just because they don't want an HD console. If they like the Wii and they enjoy it, who gives a rats ass what other people think?

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bigjclassic - 698 days ago

but thier are some games in 2008:

SSBB
No More Heroes
Fatal Frame 4
FF CC:CB
WiiFit
Mario Kart Wii
Red Steel 2
Baroque
Oopna
Okami
One Piece: UA
etc etc.

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Xemnas - 698 days ago

What about Animal crossing i think thats coming out this year no?

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OC Shock Value - 697 days 23 hours ago

Thers always Starfox, Mario Kart, and the virtual console

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MK_Red - 697 days 13 hours ago

I actually think in 2008 Wii is gonna have the best year ever and mostly thanks to the casual gamers. Why? The answer is very simple: Wii Fit. I hate that thing but it will sell beyond measuer and will outsell GTA4, MGS4 and Halo3 combined.
Mario Kart and SSBB will also do phenomenal. Casuals don't care about GTA, MGS, Halo and such. They'll eat up the Wii Fit and rest of Wii's casual offerings.

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wiizy - 698 days 5 hours ago

the wii has no problem besides better quality third party games. whether casual or hardcore.. and third parties needing to advertise their games instead of crying about not selling.... casual games should keep coming cause more non videogame players are picking up the wii everyday.. now if this continues past 08 or if alot of hardcore games are not release also then that could be a problem. but for now thats not an issue

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