The Nintendo Wii has been a topic of discussion by hardcore and casual gamers alike. Around its 2006 release date, many people were concerned that Nintendo had chosen a different path than Microsoft and Sony. While those systems created massive gaming machines capable of running games with environments and characters that possessed more pixels than ever before, Nintendo chose create something different. This polarized the buyers quickly because the uncertainty of never being able to play a third party game released on PS3 and Xbox 360 because of the Wii’s inability to output at such high resolution compounded by a controller system that threw conventional controller logic out the window seemed like cause for worry. However, nearly four years after launch, the Nintendo Wii has sold 30 million units. Wii reached this milestone 15 months faster than the next bestselling console, the Xbox 360. It seems that any doubts people might have had before have been put to rest. Let’s see how they did it:
In Nintendo’s press release, the company stated that the Wii was able to open its market to a brand new audience and made gamers out of people that never picked up a controller.
Kids started playing with their parents and grandparents, people got up off the couch and got active, and seniors and baby boomers formed virtual bowling leagues.
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