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But unlike the original Wii, there's no Wii Sports to get people who would normally not even buy a console to buy in.

by slantyyz 10y ago

fredleblanc 10y ago
To be fair, the Wii U had these — arguably better versions of all the sports — and that wasn't a large draw for that.
- slantyyz 10y ago
  To me, part of the problem was that Wii Sports Club for WiiU wasn't a free pack in.
drzaiusapelord 10y ago
The Wii and Wii sports was a freakshow level of success. It tapped into a lot of things Nintendo simply is not going to be able to reproduce: aging gamers with few casual gaming outlets, the novelty of motion controls, half the cost of a xbox/ps, etc. It really had no competitors. PS Move, while a nice technical effort, came too late and didn't have the developer support needed. The Kinect failed also for the same reasons on top of lacking a holdable controller so Kinect-games were ultimately forced to be super simple as waving and moving around can only do so much. The Wii U had these types of games and they didn't blow up like the original Wii. I think its fair to say no one expected the Wii to take off like it did and unrealistic to expect Nintendo to follow the same formula and to get the same results. If anything, motion control games died fairly quickly as the fad ran itself out and are only coming back now as a much needed accessory for pricey VR systems.
- slantyyz 10y ago
  To a much lesser degree, Brain Age did the same for the Nintendo DS. It expanded the DS market to a lot of non-traditional buyers.
  - MBCook 10y ago
    Nintendogs also caused a huge jump in sales.
- Joeri 10y ago
  The wii is still really fun and quite different as gaming experience from regular consoles. I booted it up today just for fun and ended up playing mario galaxy for hours with my 5yo cheering me on. Playing my ps4 is also fun, but not as relaxing and definitely not as approachable.
Apocryphon 10y ago
What about 1-2 Switch?
- MBCook 10y ago
  Reviews haven't been very friendly to 1-2 Switch. Seems like it should have been a freebie/pack-in or at least very cheap (say $10-20).
  - ajmurmann 10y ago
    This to me is up there in dumb Nintendo decisions together with calling it "Wii U" and discontinuing the mini NES. Did they really think anybody would pay $50 for that? 1-2 Switch like Wii Sports was a perfect demo of the system and everybody should get it for free to entice them.

But unlike the original Wii, there's no Wii Sports to get people who would normally not even buy a console to buy in.

fredleblanc 10y ago

To be fair, the Wii U had these — arguably better versions of all the sports — and that wasn't a large draw for that.

slantyyz 10y ago
To me, part of the problem was that Wii Sports Club for WiiU wasn't a free pack in.

drzaiusapelord 10y ago

The Wii and Wii sports was a freakshow level of success. It tapped into a lot of things Nintendo simply is not going to be able to reproduce: aging gamers with few casual gaming outlets, the novelty of motion controls, half the cost of a xbox/ps, etc. It really had no competitors. PS Move, while a nice technical effort, came too late and didn't have the developer support needed. The Kinect failed also for the same reasons on top of lacking a holdable controller so Kinect-games were ultimately forced to be super simple as waving and moving around can only do so much. The Wii U had these types of games and they didn't blow up like the original Wii. I think its fair to say no one expected the Wii to take off like it did and unrealistic to expect Nintendo to follow the same formula and to get the same results. If anything, motion control games died fairly quickly as the fad ran itself out and are only coming back now as a much needed accessory for pricey VR systems.

slantyyz 10y ago
To a much lesser degree, Brain Age did the same for the Nintendo DS. It expanded the DS market to a lot of non-traditional buyers.
- MBCook 10y ago
  Nintendogs also caused a huge jump in sales.
Joeri 10y ago
The wii is still really fun and quite different as gaming experience from regular consoles. I booted it up today just for fun and ended up playing mario galaxy for hours with my 5yo cheering me on. Playing my ps4 is also fun, but not as relaxing and definitely not as approachable.

Apocryphon 10y ago

What about 1-2 Switch?

MBCook 10y ago
Reviews haven't been very friendly to 1-2 Switch. Seems like it should have been a freebie/pack-in or at least very cheap (say $10-20).
- ajmurmann 10y ago
  This to me is up there in dumb Nintendo decisions together with calling it "Wii U" and discontinuing the mini NES. Did they really think anybody would pay $50 for that? 1-2 Switch like Wii Sports was a perfect demo of the system and everybody should get it for free to entice them.