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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."
If you'd told me a year ago that my grandmother would actually try a console game, I'd've looked at you most puzzled.
But Wii tennis seems to have near-universal appeal.
Lest we forget, the Wii has also captured the elusive 22-month-old demographic, as evidenced by this video.
If that's not widening the demographic, I don't know what would be.
Goo goo g'joob.
OK, so I'm a member of the widened market. Unfortunately this widened market seems to be soaking up all the Wii's as soon as they hit retailers' shelves.
Does anyone know when the northeast U.S. is supposed to have a supply to meet demand?
(I know you can get them at Ebay etc., but they're pretty over-priced. And walmart.com sells the bundles, but I don't want to drop $650 initially.)
My wife, who has never played games in her life is now regularly beating my ass at wii sports. Tennis and Bowling. Shes scored 273 best score on bowling on wii, I've only managed 144 and I've been playing games for 25 years. Go, as they say, figure.