15 Reasons Why Nintendo’s Wii Will Eat Sony’s PS3 Share of the Pie

Crazy people are doing what crazy people do…camping out for days and nights in advance to buy a toy….Sony’s PS3.

But there’s a new toy coming that is likely to take a big bite out of Sony’s 70% market share.

Nintendo’s Wii will go on sale on Sunday.

Here are 15 reasons why Wii will win with wild …okay, I can’t think of any other wi starts…abandon against Sony’s PS3

1. Wii has a remote controller that acts like a Wand. Well, it is a wand. It can swing like a tennis racket, fish, drum, orchestrate, and perhaps even do things magic wands can do…change pumpkins in to carriages and such.

2. Wii’s owners are sticking to its fun-and-games roots. Remember Super Mario?

3. Wii’s owners know that 200 million Game Boy buyers don’t want to kill dragons, drive race cars and fight super dudes from throughout the world.

4. Wii’s owners have some super dudes of their own – Donkey Kong, Kirby and Pokemon.

5. Nintendo DS, with its touch-panel screen is the fastest growing game machine EVER! Take that Sony.

6. Nintendo has a different variety of ‘games’ – caring for virtual pets, studying cooking recipes, doing brain teasers. Did some one say Sudoku?

7. Nintendo appeals to a larger audience – older people, women and other game button challenged people – like me.

8. Wii will expand the market pie, and be the first to take a bite out of it.

9. Wii costs half of the price of PS3 and less than Microsoft’s Xbox.

10. Wii is likely to become the 2nd console of choice for all core gamers. Who wants to play just one type of game when you can play all of them?

11. Wii will have enough units to meet immediate demand and to satisfy those who are waiting for their PS3 to come.

12. Nintendo will make money off its Wii much faster than Sony will off its PS3. Thus Nintendon can put more into Wii upgrades and games sooner than Sony can think of a PS4.

13. Ninentendo makes its own games = more profits. Sony outsources its game making = even longer time to get a return on the PS3.

14. Owning a Wii sounds much cooler than owning a piss3.

15. Nintendo, which means ‘trusting in luck’ is likely to be luckier than PS3. And in the entertainment business, luck plays a much bigger role than many would like to admit.

Wii is going to make some serious inroads in the game market, not by taking Sony’s share, but by increasing the size of the pie and taking that.

Soon, Sony will be eating its piece of the pie heart out.

What do you think?

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