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I do think this logic applies to the Wii since it’s so decidedly aimed at casual gamers who don’t know or care much about video games. The Wii also has technical issues that prevent it from getting the hardcore market share that the DS has among handhelds: compared to 360/PS3 the Wii has terrible graphics, terrible Internet connectivity, and controls that just don’t work well for many traditional games.
So the Wii audience is pretty much exclusively casual, and casuals don’t play Dead Space. The end. Doesn’t mean that no third-party game can be successful but it’s got to be something like Guitar Hero or EA Sports Active – one of the few blockbusters that the Wii’s non-gamer mainstream audience will buy each year.