2000-2009: Microsoft's Decade of Shattered Dreams

Re:2000-2009: Microsoft's Decade of Shattered Dreams by bad_user on Thursday December 31, 2009 @07:05AM (#1024174)

I own a Wii and I hate it. That controller is cool but once you get used to it the games themselves are pretty lame.

And you can't use Wii for pretty much anything else. Surely you could "buy" a browser with Wii-points (if they haven't made it free already). But the web-browsing experience is also pretty lame. And you can't use it to watch movies.

So I bought a Wii because it was cheaper at the time (not anymore). But you won't catch me buying any games for it. I just borrowed some games I didn't like and now it's just sitting there ... and from time to time when a friend comes I just take out the free "Wii Sports" that came bundled with it.

If Wii really outsels Xbox it doesn't say much because they target different markets.

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Re:2000-2009: Microsoft's Decade of Shattered Dreams by jacquesm on Thursday December 31, 2009 @07:09AM (#1024178)

For many people it's a 'one or the other' even though they're technically different target markets.

WII hit the sweet spot and sold an enormous number of units in a very short time, and for a very large number of those one xbox less was sold.

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Re:2000-2009: Microsoft's Decade of Shattered Dreams by root on Thursday December 31, 2009 @08:08AM (#1024224)

When the kids got a Wii I bought some Wii points just to get the browser. I used it once. An app that requires me to sit pretty much exactly in front of the tv to be able to control it just isn't all that useful to me.

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