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In your opinion, why did the Wii out sell it's rivals by so much?
Why did the Wii defeat the 360 and PS3?
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Maybe because it was something different?
Maybe because it was something different?
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It's more family friendly than both combined. Plus the name "Nintendo" carries a ton of weight.
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Cuz it was cheap and came with a game. End of story.
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Price Point. First to motion control. Family friendly, and it was hyped better.
When the 360 came out, the RROD held a number of people back. When the PS3 came out, the massive price, and difficult-to-program for(at the time) RISC Cell architecture slowed its sales considerably. Nintendo's better reliability, and easy to program PPC SDK gave the damn thing a huge running start.
360 also had the problem of pushing a format war through a console, via an add-on drive, but going with an end of life design to push HD-DVD. Big mistake IMO.
In the end, the consumer won. More options and variety.
When the 360 came out, the RROD held a number of people back. When the PS3 came out, the massive price, and difficult-to-program for(at the time) RISC Cell architecture slowed its sales considerably. Nintendo's better reliability, and easy to program PPC SDK gave the damn thing a huge running start.
360 also had the problem of pushing a format war through a console, via an add-on drive, but going with an end of life design to push HD-DVD. Big mistake IMO.
In the end, the consumer won. More options and variety.
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i dont think the wii is currently out-selling the 360 and ps3..i think this is just overall since it came out or am i wrong?
i would agree i think it's more family friendly, and the motion control was appealing and innovative
there were more individualistically interactive games imo,it wasn't that expensive, and it was produced by nintendo
i would agree i think it's more family friendly, and the motion control was appealing and innovative
there were more individualistically interactive games imo,it wasn't that expensive, and it was produced by nintendo
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Wow well for me it was cheaper but I am having problems with it after 2yrs wii hotline said to send it to them
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The Wii appealed to a much broader audience, i.e., families. Which is why Microsoft is pushing the Kinect so much to that same demographic.
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Because that thing had the most hype I've ever seen a game system have
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Completely different market share. WII was obviously marketed towards families with less money and kids.
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No one has played our Wii since new Super Mario Bros, and it hadn't been used at all for at least a year prior
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