Famitsu publisher says 67% of Wii owners aren't playing

The target demographic for the Wii was the original nintendo gamers, and older crowd.. not nessicarily the non metriod/zelda/SMB gamer crowd. So makes sense... but still pretty unbelievable.
 
Considering the only game that's sold anything over there since Wii Sports is Mario Party 8, I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

But I shudder to think what the numbers for the PS3 would be (360 is probably okay, they just got Halo).
 
Im part of the 67%. Had the Wii since May, still dont own another game for it. The only two games that have really interested me are RE4 and Zelda, but I already own RE4 on two other consoles. Aside from Metroid, there arent really any other spectacular games to draw in the gamers - however many of them there may be in the Wii demographic. The number of people not playing will drop as more quality games come out in the next few months, but I still think a lot of people who bought it won't play. The non gamers bought it on novelty purposes.
 
I keep hearing aobut the non gamers not buying but both my Grandmother (shes 58 years old, I am 28, we have a young family), and my In laws buy and play wii games. My Grandmother has always gamed on PC but never console.

The in laws never really gamed before this besides Galaga back in the day and have also bought a Wii and buy games once in a while for it. They are somewhat strict on pricing but as games drop in price they call me to ask about them.
 
im definitely in that 67 % , once i see that blue light flashing or any type of update thats when it goes on... anything else its just there collecting dust... i have most of the good games too... zelda, wii sports, re4, wario ware, paper mario...metroid... etc...but some how im still bored... im more on my 360 and ds then this system...
 
When the Wii gets a good game, it's a really, really fucking good game. Unfortunately, it rarely happens, so there's like 1 week I'll play the shit out of the system and then months and months where it won't even be plugged in. November has promise though.
 
Guys, you're not in that 67% if you don't live in Japan. The article itself is Japan-based if the editor of Famitsu is saying there wasn't a big hit since Wii Sports.

We all know that Wii Sports was sold separately in Japan and that games like Metroid Prime 3 have far more interest here than in Japan.

The reason more people in Japan aren't playing the Wii is also likely due to lack of third party titles and simple culture interests being different. The PS3 is doing well in Japan, whereas it's not fairing so well with the US. Stuff like that.

And to be fair, Japan's using their DS' more since they get all these "innovative" titles all the time on the DS. It's just that those type of games generally never make it out of that country.

However, there's no denying it. The Wii has a serious fucking drought in some decent titles.
 
[quote name='jkam']They can't play their Wii they are all playing the DS.[/quote]Dreamcast was still selling well at the begining of the year... some DC game was on the top 10 most sold in like Jan.
 
[quote name='Lupuri']Dreamcast was still selling well at the begining of the year... some DC game was on the top 10 most sold in like Jan.[/quote]That new DC game sold well, yes, but the DC is as dead there as the rest of the world.
 
[quote name='Chacrana']When the Wii gets a good game, it's a really, really fucking good game. Unfortunately, it rarely happens, so there's like 1 week I'll play the shit out of the system and then months and months where it won't even be plugged in. November has promise though.[/quote]


Agreed.
 
I already have buyers remorse for buyng a wii. I got it for smash and then they delayed it on me again. Hopfully there will be a crazy holiday ebay rush.
 
[quote name='Tsukento']Guys, you're not in that 67% if you don't live in Japan. The article itself is Japan-based if the editor of Famitsu is saying there wasn't a big hit since Wii Sports.

We all know that Wii Sports was sold separately in Japan and that games like Metroid Prime 3 have far more interest here than in Japan.

The reason more people in Japan aren't playing the Wii is also likely due to lack of third party titles and simple culture interests being different. The PS3 is doing well in Japan, whereas it's not fairing so well with the US. Stuff like that.

And to be fair, Japan's using their DS' more since they get all these "innovative" titles all the time on the DS. It's just that those type of games generally never make it out of that country.

However, there's no denying it. The Wii has a serious fucking drought in some decent titles.[/QUOTE]The problem doesn't have to do with the games the Wii has in Japan, it all has to do with Japan becoming a very mobile gaming country. Just look at the sales usually, DS and PSP are topping Japan, and many new games are coming to handhelds these days in Japan, but that's what sells. The main DQ series, Tales series, etc. use to be on a console, and now they are on DS. Also, instead of Japanese developers making a new Mega Man Legends, Parasite Eve, etc. for a console, they end up on a cell phone (because cell phone games perform well). I just think people in Japan prefer gaming on the go, and that's where most games will go from now on.

Anyway, I badly want a Wii right now. There's no denying I never played one, but I seriously don't see what's so bad about it. I could probably name around 15-20 appealing games out for it now, and plus there's VC that crushes both PSN/XBLA in downloads (although a bit pricey).
 
I played Wii Sports, Zelda, RE4 and now Metroid. I'm pretty happy with it even though there isn't exactly a ton of good software, IMO. 4-5 games a year is perfect for me though since I have my 360 to go along with it.
 
I believe it.

I haven't turned mine on since around the month of May, and I only turned it on then to get a software update, because the blinking light was annoying me. The next time the light came on in June/July, I unplugged it altogether. I still have Zelda, Paper Mario, Wario, and Metroid still wrapped up. I'm not sure why, but I just have have no motivation to play it.

On the other hand, I play the 360 at least 3-4 times a week.
 
Once the novelty wore off I just sold mine. Most of the people who ended up buying one were just following the cool trend. And most of them are onto the next trend now. So its believable.

The Wii mote would make one damn fine mouse for a computer, but playing any serious game (Madden, Zelda, etc) just feels wrong on it.
 
Maybe this should have had a poll, we could have seen what the percentage is like here.

I rarely turn mine on these days, the novelty wore off quick and the games are a bit too few and far between. TBH thats what I expect from a Nintendo console these days, you buy one for the Zelda's,Metroid's and Mario's which come round now and again.

Anything MP I buy on the 360.
 
[quote name='benjamouth']Maybe this should have had a poll, we could have seen what the percentage is like here.

I rarely turn mine on these days, the novelty wore off quick and the games are a bit too few and far between. TBH thats what I expect from a Nintendo console these days, you buy one for the Zelda's,Metroid's and Mario's which come round now and again.

Anything MP I buy on the 360.[/quote]
Good idea about the poll here.. The Joystiq article in the OP has a poll related to this, and the results are similar to the Famitsu article.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/16/famitsu-publisher-says-67-of-wii-owners-arent-playing/

[SIZE=-1]Have you used your Wii recently?

[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Selection[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Votes[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]
Yup! Wii Sports still isn't old[/SIZE][SIZE=-2] - (29%)[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] 1,564[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Nope. Well, there was that one system update ...[/SIZE][SIZE=-2] - (54%)[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] 2,919[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]
Wii is 4 old peeple n girls LOLZ![/SIZE][SIZE=-2] - (17%)[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] 925[/SIZE]
 
The only things holding me back on a Wii is money and becoming too obsessed with HDTVs. I know it's like a PS2, GC, etc., which aren't the most friendly to look at on an HDTV (I believe). That kind of worries me.

But at the same time, I want a Wii because it will get awesome Japanese 3rd party support (I'm a Japanophile afterall). and probably get many anime based games.
 
[quote name='benjamouth']Maybe this should have had a poll, we could have seen what the percentage is like here.[/QUOTE]

Only if you have to take a lie detector test to be allowed to vote.
 
We're kinda missing the context of "recently." If I ignore a few rentals last week, last I played was Sin & Punishment a couple weeks ago. I guess I consider that "recent," others may not.

Also, RF's sig never ceases to frighten.
 
The number 67% makes me raise my eyebrow. Since little to no information is available on who was asked, how they were asked, or what they were asked, we're left with the extremely vague "67% haven't used their Wii recently." Well, mine hasn't been turned on since yesterday. Is that recently? Or last week? Two months? What, then?

Also, "67%" is curious, to me, because it's a "clean" number. It's 2/3 rounded up. I'd expect a big survey with a robust sample of people to have some number that isn't 2/3 so perfectly. Not 50%, or 75%..but, y'know, 32%, or 83%, or whatever. Most importantly, the reason this number strikes me as curious is that it's one of those numbers that comes up when you have very small survey samples. If you ask 5 people about their Wii habits, you'll get results of 0%, 20-40-60-80 or 100%. Not 54%. So, you could ask 3 people about playing the Wii, and if 2 people say "not recently, BAM! 67% right there.

I'm not completely skeptical of people not playing the Wii as much, but it's a questionable survey and a silly idea. By itself, people are playing their Wii less. Big deal. As people become less infatuated with their new technology, they aren't oogling over it every waking moment. That's not news, that's a pattern. Show me, though, that this is a survey of 1000 randomly selected gamers who are playing their Wii less *and* playing their PS2/3/360/whatever *as much* as they had in the past or *more*, and then there's cause for concern. In the meantime, this number is about as meaningful as every forum poster who cites a number with no basis in reality ("I think the 360 is 86% as powerful as the PS3" or somesuch nonsense).
 
[quote name='The Mana Knight']The problem doesn't have to do with the games the Wii has in Japan, it all has to do with Japan becoming a very mobile gaming country. Just look at the sales usually, DS and PSP are topping Japan, and many new games are coming to handhelds these days in Japan, but that's what sells. The main DQ series, Tales series, etc. use to be on a console, and now they are on DS. Also, instead of Japanese developers making a new Mega Man Legends, Parasite Eve, etc. for a console, they end up on a cell phone (because cell phone games perform well). I just think people in Japan prefer gaming on the go, and that's where most games will go from now on.

Anyway, I badly want a Wii right now. There's no denying I never played one, but I seriously don't see what's so bad about it. I could probably name around 15-20 appealing games out for it now, and plus there's VC that crushes both PSN/XBLA in downloads (although a bit pricey).[/QUOTE]

Credit where it's due -- this is spot on. Considering the sales numbers, if they're not playing with the Wii over in Japan, they sure aren't playing with their PS3/360s, either. The action is on the handhelds as much as anything, and that says something about the state of the industry overall. Frankly, I think every "Wii /360/PS3 sucks" post is a mini-tragedy, because the whole industry in Japan has been going through a real drop off in interest for the past couple of years, and it's only a matter of time before we feel the effects of that, and the usual console war BS ignores the fact that as an industry, all three players are in the same boat. We're looking at people dropping the hobby, not just changing consoles, and that's bad all around.

OT, you're right about the VC being a bit overpriced. Sony has the pricing down, at least so far, but it's hard to compete with the amount of stuff on the VC. It's really the 360 that has fallen behind on this one, IMO. Previously import-only stuff like Sin & Punishment for $12 beats Doom for $10 any day in my book, Achievements be damned.
 
i still fire up the wii pretty often, mostly with friends though. id play it more but money is tight at the moment so i havent bought any new wii games in a while.
 
I got my Wii last November when it was released, and since then, I've owned only 4 games total. Right now I own 0, because I sold them when I was done.

My PC and PS3 get far more attention, and it'll probably always be that way.
 
This is the best analysis of that survey. :applause:

[quote name='mykevermin']The number 67% makes me raise my eyebrow. Since little to no information is available on who was asked, how they were asked, or what they were asked, we're left with the extremely vague "67% haven't used their Wii recently." Well, mine hasn't been turned on since yesterday. Is that recently? Or last week? Two months? What, then?

Also, "67%" is curious, to me, because it's a "clean" number. It's 2/3 rounded up. I'd expect a big survey with a robust sample of people to have some number that isn't 2/3 so perfectly. Not 50%, or 75%..but, y'know, 32%, or 83%, or whatever. Most importantly, the reason this number strikes me as curious is that it's one of those numbers that comes up when you have very small survey samples. If you ask 5 people about their Wii habits, you'll get results of 0%, 20-40-60-80 or 100%. Not 54%. So, you could ask 3 people about playing the Wii, and if 2 people say "not recently, BAM! 67% right there.

I'm not completely skeptical of people not playing the Wii as much, but it's a questionable survey and a silly idea. By itself, people are playing their Wii less. Big deal. As people become less infatuated with their new technology, they aren't oogling over it every waking moment. That's not news, that's a pattern. Show me, though, that this is a survey of 1000 randomly selected gamers who are playing their Wii less *and* playing their PS2/3/360/whatever *as much* as they had in the past or *more*, and then there's cause for concern. In the meantime, this number is about as meaningful as every forum poster who cites a number with no basis in reality ("I think the 360 is 86% as powerful as the PS3" or somesuch nonsense).[/quote]
 
I'm a Wii owner since May and I have yet to buy a game for it .

I always think $10 more and I can get a 360 game .

I even considered trading in my Wii .

I think I'm going to get Mario Galaxy as my 1st game [I thought it was going to be Metroid 3], I still don't know for sure .
 
[quote name='daroga']Why haven't you gotten Metroid or Zelda? Or Super Paper Mario?[/QUOTE]I probably wouldn't get any of those if I got a Wii, but there's plenty of stuff I want (like DDR Hottest Party, Elebits, Super Swing Golf, Wario Ware Smooth Moves, etc.).
 
It wouldve been nice to have real comparison numbers. Like asking the same questions for PS2/3 and portables.

I dont think anything significant has come out over the summer for them, but that might just go for all home consoles except for PS2 RPGs.

I still only own Trauma Center, but only because I'm waiting for price drops while clearing my backlog. There are lots of games that I do actually want to buy, but I'm too cheap to do so.
 
I haven't played mine much these days.

Granted, Prime 3 is sitting there, unplayed. I wish I had the time to play through it, but I'm saving that (and Galaxy) for my month off winter break come December.

And come February, my Wii will almost never be turned off.
 
I don't suppose it matters to Nintendo whether I play it or not, as they have the good sense not to sell a console at a loss, they've made a profit as soon as you buy the thing.

Good business sense FTW.
 
Maybe they should stop releasing shitty games and maybe it will lower to like 20%, but there are hardly any good games out so far Zelda & Metroid, Metroid would be played more if they didn't get rid of Wi-Fi though
and I am part of that 67%
 
[quote name='masterofdarkness']Maybe they should stop releasing shitty games and maybe it will lower to like 20%, but there are hardly any good games out so far Zelda & Metroid, Metroid would be played more if they didn't get rid of Wi-Fi though
and I am part of that 67%[/quote]You live in Japan?
 
[quote name='InuFaye']I already have buyers remorse for buyng a wii. I got it for smash and then they delayed it on me again. Hopfully there will be a crazy holiday ebay rush.[/quote]

Same here, and that's my exact plan as well.
 
I agree, I'm not playing it. Its more a novelty if people are over. "hey! have you seen the wii? you can play tennis on your tv!"
I bought MP3 as well and havnt finished. sigh.
 
[quote name='daroga']You live in Japan?[/quote] No I don't...
I also read in the recent EGM about Nintendo's way of accepting game for the ds and wii.
A DS game (which was almost a clone of pokemon) was released with simliar characters and such, but Nintendo didn't give a crap.
Nintendo's games out for the Wii so far are mostly gay movie games like Happy feet and Ice Age 2..
 
Yep, mine pretty much lays around. Of course that will probably change when some good games like SMG release.

Although I wonder how many PS3 owners are actually playing PS3 games on their system?
 
[quote name='masterofdarkness'] Nintendo's games out for the Wii so far are mostly gay movie games like Happy feet and Ice Age 2..[/quote]Nintendo didn't make any of those games.

And that crummy games are the majority of games on the system is true of any system, not just the Wii at this moment.
 
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