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As the conversation went on, however, it became more and more apparent that NONE of the five people knew anything about other games for the Wii outside of Wii Sports, nor did they really seem to care. Someone mentioned Warioware, and the only response it got was someone saying it looked weird. Nobody knew what Wii Play or Wii Music was, and they weren't really interested when I described them. There was basically a room full of non-gamers that wanted to buy a Wii simply for Wii Sports.
Well, why would they know anything about Wii Music and the like? They were just introduced to the Wii. I think the plan is get 'em hooked then push the hard stuff.
For example, leading up to the Wii release, all of my friends either made fun of my intent to buy the Wii or were vocal supporters of the PS3. Last night was the first time we hung at my house since I bought the Wii. The first thing out of my friends mouth was "We going to play the Wii tonight or what?" My other buddy joined in, and soon enough they were in awe of the Wii menu with all of my VC channels. Then we got to Bowling, and we played for 2 hours. They were loving it. My one buddy played a full 18 holes of golf as we sat and drank a few beers. The last conversation of the night was my him asking me how much the Wii cost, and his guess was $300. When I informed him of the price, and the fact that he would get Wii Sports with it, his eyes lit up. I personally expect them both to buy it now.
And when they buy it, they will be introduced to other games, games they might have purchased for their PS2 prior to last night. And that's where Capcom doesn't get it. The Wii market is growing rapidly, and now would be the time to announce something daring, or hell, even a port of Dead Rising. It will sell. They just don't seem to understand M titles have to be released in order to have a chance to succeed financially. They seem to think it's more cost effective to ship certain games to certain platforms. In my opinion, it's always better to reach the most consumers with all of your products. Not for Capcom, I guess.
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