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Wii May Be Succeeding in Widening Game Market
superdan2k writes "When Nintendo brought the Wii to market, one of their stated goals was to get people who didn't normally play video games using their console. Based on an article from the AP, it seems they've made some headway in capturing the senior citizen market. With the Wii's price point, and it being a good way to get people engaged in physical exercise, it's easy to envision it catching on with other retirement homes beyond the one mentioned in the article."
Well, the Wii is basicly a 480p device through and through. *If* they were to do DVDs, people would probably expect an upscaler and a HDMI output, digital audio outs etc. which would add to hardware cost as well as licensing cost. I know I'd expect as much from any DVD player I bought in 2007, so instead of adding a bad bullet point they skipped it altogether. Fair enough if you ask me.
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Interesting to note that after only a couple of months release the PS3 has 19 games with a metacritic rating of 75 or above yet the Wii has only 9 games.
(The Xbox 360 has 79 games, but then it has been out for over a year, so not a fair comparison).
I'm sure there are plenty of reasons, especially revolving around the new controller and how to make best use of it - and to be fair, I'm not qualified in any way to comment - but the statistics do show that for whatever reasons the current portfolio of Wii games rated "excellent" is smaller than that of a system which has been out for a much shorter time.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw this into the pot for some discussion.
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