Poll: Are Wii owners babies?

"By and large, I don't see the Wii being home to a sizeable mature playerbase outside of some of the early adopters. I see it as being very, very broad with a family focus."

I'm 26 and proud of it. :wink:

And yeah i'm a baby.  Our bodies are aging at the speed of life so lets keep our minds young.

EDIT: But I want to see mature games by the tons (Manhunt, Resident Evil, etc). T-rated games are fun but please...ooooh please Nintendo, give the Wii some mature titles.  Don't want to go fetch a PS3 or 360 to get those M-rated games, but I will if I must.

I'm 26 and proud of it. :wink:

And yeah i'm a baby. Our bodies are aging at the speed of life so lets keep our minds young.

EDIT: But I want to see mature games by the tons (Manhunt, Resident Evil, etc). T-rated games are fun but please...ooooh please Nintendo, give the Wii some mature titles. Don't want to go fetch a PS3 or 360 to get those M-rated games, but I will if I must.

Rhezuss

I'm only thirteen but there are a few problems:

1) most of the younger wii players dont go on gamespot forums

2) The video game ages are too strict. Its not like im emotionally scared by playing grand theft auto or devil may cry ( which is awesome)

Why are people having trouble understanding this?
The Wii is going to be used by families and Nintendo has players of all ages.

That means that "mature" games wont be bought by a large chunk of all the users.
Unlike the 360 or PS3 where 80% or more of the owners can purchase the games.


Until the overall base grows for the Wii a company wont risk putting out a mature game that can only be legally bought by 50% of the owners.


This isn't an insult, no need to have your feelings hurt, it's business
Jaysonguy

I'm 23 and I don't care at all of M-rated games. From the most M-Rated games I played, most of these games are boring.

As long it's fun and that is appealing to me either 1st party or 3rd party, I'll buy it. Capcom and I are not really a good couple. Resident Evil is meh to me. I'd like a game like Okami.  

Idiotic post and you don't even have an option in your poll for babies just 0-10 which includes kids and do you expect babies to be searching though these forums and reply to you? magrappy

Why are people having trouble understanding this?
The Wii is going to be used by families and Nintendo has players of all ages.

That means that "mature" games wont be bought by a large chunk of all the users.
Unlike the 360 or PS3 where 80% or more of the owners can purchase the games.


Until the overall base grows for the Wii a company wont risk putting out a mature game that can only be legally bought by 50% of the owners.


This isn't an insult, no need to have your feelings hurt, it's business
Jaysonguy

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]Why are people having trouble understanding this?
The Wii is going to be used by families and Nintendo has players of all ages.

That means that "mature" games wont be bought by a large chunk of all the users.
Unlike the 360 or PS3 where 80% or more of the owners can purchase the games.


Until the overall base grows for the Wii a company wont risk putting out a mature game that can only be legally bought by 50% of the owners.


This isn't an insult, no need to have your feelings hurt, it's business
_vacant_

[QUOTE="_vacant_"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]Why are people having trouble understanding this?
The Wii is going to be used by families and Nintendo has players of all ages.

That means that "mature" games wont be bought by a large chunk of all the users.
Unlike the 360 or PS3 where 80% or more of the owners can purchase the games.


Until the overall base grows for the Wii a company wont risk putting out a mature game that can only be legally bought by 50% of the owners.


This isn't an insult, no need to have your feelings hurt, it's business
Jaysonguy

im 14 and i chose a wii over a 360 n proud. gettin a PS3 dough

I cannot believe you have 10-20 in the same category.  I'm 18 but I feel like an idiot clicking on 10-20.  Whatever.

I got my Wii as a gift though, chances are I wouldn't have bought it until Super Mario Galaxy was released.  Right now it's not getting nearly as much play time as my 360.  Then again it's actually understandable since it's only been out for a little while and there haven't been any killer releases for it.

But yeah, your's truly is 18.  Not a baby by age.

No, that post shows you dont understand what I mean. The assumption that the wii userbase is significantly younger than the 360 or ps3 user base is faulty. There is no proof. The fact that nintedo is targetting everyone doesn not exclude older gamers. Consider for a moment that many lapsed gamers who are now parents have been purchasing the wii. Yes, there kids may play the wii most often, but this doesnt mean that the parent wont want to play either. And say that parent remembers castle wolfenstein or doom from way back when. Are you saying that this parent isnt old enough to buy M rated games?

no. In fact, many wii owners are old enough, and are craving an M rated game. Just because the public perception of the wii as a console for non gamers, casuals or kids, doesnt make it so.

There is no proof one way or the other that wii gamers are younger. So why alientate a pontential chunk of your market based on unprovable assumptions.

oh and finally, if devs only sold to where the install base was highest, there would only ever be one console with 3rd party support. The one with the biggest install. But this isnt the case._vacant_

[QUOTE="_vacant_"]No, that post shows you dont understand what I mean. The assumption that the wii userbase is significantly younger than the 360 or ps3 user base is faulty. There is no proof. The fact that nintedo is targetting everyone doesn not exclude older gamers. Consider for a moment that many lapsed gamers who are now parents have been purchasing the wii. Yes, there kids may play the wii most often, but this doesnt mean that the parent wont want to play either. And say that parent remembers castle wolfenstein or doom from way back when. Are you saying that this parent isnt old enough to buy M rated games?

no. In fact, many wii owners are old enough, and are craving an M rated game. Just because the public perception of the wii as a console for non gamers, casuals or kids, doesnt make it so.

There is no proof one way or the other that wii gamers are younger. So why alientate a pontential chunk of your market based on unprovable assumptions.

oh and finally, if devs only sold to where the install base was highest, there would only ever be one console with 3rd party support. The one with the biggest install. But this isnt the case.c0mplex

bad poll...


the 10-20 gap is very big...... should be
0-12
12-15
16-21
21-30
30-....

or something
amtentori

[QUOTE="amtentori"]bad poll...


the 10-20 gap is very big...... should be
0-12
12-15
16-21
21-30
30-....

or something
Bozanimal

I'm 26 and proud of it. :wink:

And yeah i'm a baby. Our bodies are aging at the speed of life so lets keep our minds young.

EDIT: But I want to see mature games by the tons (Manhunt, Resident Evil, etc). T-rated games are fun but please...ooooh please Nintendo, give the Wii some mature titles. Don't want to go fetch a PS3 or 360 to get those M-rated games, but I will if I must.

Rhezuss

Yes, all Wii owners are babies because Nintendo is kiddie and we'll never see an M rated game on any Nintendo console out there.
Arcanine_88

The godfather game for the wii will be M rated so thats the wiis first M rated game.

Jasonguy stated: "Until the overall base grows for the Wii a company wont risk putting out a mature game that can only be legally bought by 50% of the owners. "

WTF? It's not a LAW to sell underage games to minors, it's a loosely enforced store policy.

_Get your facts straight, then you can distort them._

Jasonguy stated: "Until the overall base grows for the Wii a company wont risk putting out a mature game that can only be legally bought by 50% of the owners. "

WTF? It's not a LAW to sell underage games to minors, it's a loosely enforced store policy.

_Get your facts straight, then you can distort them._

jimbo6923

Why are people having trouble understanding this?
The Wii is going to be used by families and Nintendo has players of all ages.

That means that "mature" games wont be bought by a large chunk of all the users.
Unlike the 360 or PS3 where 80% or more of the owners can purchase the games.


Until the overall base grows for the Wii a company wont risk putting out a mature game that can only be legally bought by 50% of the owners.


This isn't an insult, no need to have your feelings hurt, it's business
Jaysonguy