Japan goes, "Wiiiiiii!"

[Platon]

two wrong dont make a right, if the conclusion from this surveyed are invalids then comparing it to another invalid conclusion from another surveyed is very fallacious.

Well, it is an internet poll after all, only that should be raising all kinds of red flags. But we are not doing any form of statistical analysis here, nor do we draw any conclusions on whethere these results have any significans...

 

[RancidLunchmeat]

On a related note slashdot has a much bigger poll; http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1341&aid=-1

well thats 32,000 sales in the bag for Nintendo

Then again, as an avid Slashdot reader, I can tell you that many people were going to buy one regardless of what they showed at E3, regardless of what the price of the PS3 was, and regardless of any other factor.

All that is representative of are the hardcore N fans who will buy any console on an idea alone... and that's what the Slashdot forums have been filled with since they heard the very first idea of the wiimote.

Somebody earlier made a good point.. what about lifepsan? How is their second or third tennis title going to be any different than their first?

Then again, I made a similar comment after E3 in terms of how Nintendo would be able to market this device. From watching the videos, it doesn't appear that you can realistically include a wiimote as a controller for all the kiosks in all the stores. That's problem number one. Problem number two is that if they do manage to overcome that first hurdle, will people quickly become bored of it, when they can sample it for however long they want to for free at their local store?

Again, as a far as this poll is concerned, I think all you need to do is look at the wording of the poll to understand its importance.

Clearly the Wii and the PS3 will be more anticipated than the 360 or the DS (or the PSP). Something that doesn't exist yet, and isn't available, will certainly be more anticipated or looked forward to, than something that is currently available.

Am I more anticipating the 2003 Chevy Camaro that I can buy right now, or am I looking forward more to the proposed 2008 Chevy Camaro?

Clearly, I'm far more interested in what they provide in 2008 because it's an unknown. It's far more interesting, and leaves far more to the imagination. I already know what the 2003 is like.

That doesn't mean that the 2003 version won't sell more, however. Just like it doesn't mean the PS3 or Wii will sell more than the DS or the PSP or the 360. It only means anticipation is higher, and you really can't have anticipation with something that is currently available.

 

[Metal]

Sony's price and Nintendo's resurging popularity in japan = Sony's lock on the home console market is in severe jepoardy of being over.

 

[Teasy]

RancidLunchmeat

A lot of excuses there but they don't add up. Why shouldn't the third or even fourth Tennis game be any different from the first? Its no different then the first Tennis game on 360 vs the fourth, I'm at a loss as to why the Wii controller inspires such strange reasoning at times. I agree something unreleased is often going to be more interesting. But PS3 is also unreleased, yet every pole is showing Wii well ahead of PS3.

Why wouldn't Nintendo be able to include a Wii controller in certain stores? The controller will be tethered to the stand with a holder to put it in when not in use. Finally the idea that people might not buy a Wii because they can play it in stores is bizzare, its no different to saying that people might not buy a 360 or PS3 because they can play those in stores..

 

[nonamer]

I remember similar talk about how the PS2 was doomed.

 

[quest55720]

I remember similar talk about how the PS2 was doomed.

Not the summer before the release. The PS2 hype after the e3 before launch was huge. There was not backlash like there is now because of price and other things. The PS2 was building towards domination everyone was counting the days till launch. The NGC and dreamcast were clearly beaten badly before the PS2 was launched.

Sony may very well win but this could get very interesting. The PS3 depending on the model up to 3 times more expensive than a wii. It is not the small 100 dollar difference of past generations.

The wii is the first system that has gotten better press and hype than any sony machine launch year.

 

[Powderkeg]

The fact that DS received 3% in this survey, yet will move on to be the console that sells the most units by FAR probably shows how much importance we can put on it.

In other words... Let's not go overboard here when we all Wii together.

Since when is the DS a console?

By definition a console is a cabinet designed to rest on the floor or other flat surface when used. The DS does not fit that definition.

 

[TheChefO]

Not the summer before the release. The PS2 hype after the e3 before launch was huge. There was not backlash like there is now because of price and other things. The PS2 was building towards domination everyone was counting the days till launch. The NGC and dreamcast were clearly beaten badly before the PS2 was launched.

Sony may very well win but this could get very interesting. The PS3 depending on the model up to 3 times more expensive than a wii. It is not the small 100 dollar difference of past generations.

The wii is the first system that has gotten better press and hype than any sony machine launch year.

EXACTLY my thoughts as well. It will not be smooth sailin for Sony this go round and anyone PROMISING domination this round is a fool.