Why the Wii won

[axia777]

The Wii is winning because it did what every company has ever wanted to do and they did it well. They sold their product to every type of person out there, it seems this is called selling out. I thought it was called business.

It is business and selling out at the same time. But Nintendo dose not care. That is why I don't care about Nintendo anymore. I supported them during the GameCube days, but now they can bloody well piss off.

 

[meatloaf231]

Won is a relative term, and depends on what you call a 'win'.

In sales, certainly, but in sales to actual 'gamers'? Well, i haven't seen the statistics to make a call on that.

Yeah, actual gamers build their PCs and buy and play on Steam.

Apparently i've gotten fat sitting inside and playing videogames for well over a decade for nothing, i'm not an actual gamer! Fie and fiddlesticks, I shall now go and play this shooty hoops game everyone seems so witherdither about.

I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

 

[Aardvark Soup]

Well:

-Cheap
-Expanding to new audiences
-Even though the motion controls are usually used for gimmicks, it did offer something new (and the pointer still works extremely well in some games)
-The name Nintendo slapped on it
-Virtual Console (for a lot of 'retro gamers' and Nintendo fans, this is a major selling point)
-Money printing function (I still didn't find the button that activates it though)

 

[carlosvader77]

I own a Wii, I've been a gamer all my life. Since the Atari, NES, etc.; I own a PC also so graphics have never been an issue to me. I had a Gamecube while XBox and Playstation where kicking ass with graphics, I had my PC to make up for that. To play games for the graphics, the PC is the best option (though expensive). If you bought the Wii for the graphics you are mistaken, I bought it for the innovation, something differente. Gaming is in dire need of a change, FPS's can only go so long. I own Super Mario Galaxy (classic Mario), Mario Kart Wii (very fun online), Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (I'm never playing a soccer game with other controls, the controls on this are awesome), Madden 09 (very good game), No More Heroes (thank you Suda51!), Okami (a PS2 classic I always wanted to play) and Guitar Hero III (gotta have it, right. Great fun). The upcoming games for the Wii look very promising to me, so I have no complaints. For games like Oblivion, Crysis, Farcry, Call of Duty 4, etc. I have the PC. No problem, with the Wii and a PC I'm a happy gamer.

 

[vondy]

Basic!
The PS3 is a black monstrosity that is overpriced and has a low line up of exclusive games, Also isn't backwards compatible.

The Xbox360 is a good all rounder that has a strong line up of exclusive games and backwards compatibility, medium priced and it also has a strong support from Xbox Live which is the best online gaming community of the three making the multiple console games to be more attracting for multiplayer, but the controls aren't so friendly to every one and isn't as appealing to parents with small children (as goes to the PS).

The Wii is low priced, easy to play and use and it is welcoming to all audience which in sales perspective is the winning formula as it is the larger audience! If i were a parent i rather buy my children a child friendly game then a action shooter and this is the thought of millions of parents.

The Wii hasn't become the most sold console, yet, but it has been around for two years and out of the 7th generation consoles it has won! and by a landslide!
I don't know what people are saying in this thread that it hasn't won, because in technical terms it has won because the main competitors of this ongoing discussion is about the 360 the PS3 and the Wii and out of those three the Wii has Won;

PS3: 16.84 million units sold,
360: 22 million units sold,
Wii: 34.55 million units sold,

PS2 however: 140 million units sold(but has been around since 2000 so its no wonder it has sold so many).

 

[axia777]

Amazingly, sales figures do not indicate quality, just as box office sales do not indicate the inherent meaning and artistic value of the product.

Truer words were never spoken in this thread.

It seems people are either defining the winner by quantitative measures such as console sales (Wii wins that obviously) or by qualitative measures such as...well, whatever helps them say that the Wii hasn't won.

But it hasn't yet Eggo. This current gen of consoles is far from being over. I think this is more of a "Rabbit and the Hare" situation than anything else. For all we know the Wii could tank in a year of so and the Ps3 could sell in upwards of 100 million+ in the next few years. You never can tell.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

Who said the Wii won?

Hell, why is it still in the race?

In my book the Wii doesn't even count as a game console, but a high tech toy.

I hope they transfer Zelda, Mario, and Metroid franchises to another system or something, because when a gamer says he is going to go home and play the Wii it just doesn't scream gaming.

I just back my argument with the Wii doesn't even support many of the third party games any more and has become its own entity. I guess its still gaming but not gaming as we know it, but a brand new branch at the side that is happen to be doing well.