Nintendo console tends to collect dust?

[Tron714]

Everyone knows Nintendo is unstoppable this generation in both the handheld and conosle market. Almost every family has one and a thing i noticed is that after a few months people tend not to play them anymore. Same i see goes for the DS when there is no new Pokemon game is released.

Does anyone else believe this is true or am i wrong? Can it be changed? I am pretty sure it can but how? I can think of a few things myself to make people blow the dust off their console but i want to hear yours.  

[nitnit]

Huh? can we get some non anecdotal evidence? Granted my Wii is collecting dust, lol. Then again when the metroid prime trilogy comes out that could change...  

[Tron714]

nitnit

Huh? can we get some non anecdotal evidence? Granted my Wii is collecting dust, lol. Then again when the metroid prime trilogy comes out that could change...

theres some evidence right there. i mean after certain games come out and people get tired of brawl, it just doesnt get played for a while til something good is released from Nintendo or some noteable 3rd party developer.  

[nitnit]

Actually that's anecdotal. Like I said NON anecdotal. There are tons of "casual" gamers who probably think it's a blast to pull that out at a party and let some people play around with wii sports and s**t.  

[Michael RD]

Well,IMO,the 2 things that would most definately make people blow the dust off of their systems(the DS and the Wii) is a Mother/EarthBound compilation for tne DS and the release of Mother/EB0 and Mother 2/EB on the Wii's Virtual Console.  

[nitnit]

Considering that despite an extensive (yet shitty) advertising campaign for Earthbound the game crash and burned in terms of sales, I doubt it'd get that many people to dust off their wiis specifically for that.  

[Tron714]

I thinkt he Conduit looks good enough to dust off my girlfriends wii and play it. If only 50 bucks + tax would drop out of the sky and pay for it... xd  

[Felix Kristanelo]

My SP is collecting dust and I have a few unfinished DS titles that I am working on.  

[Kirei_chan]

With all of the titles that were announced at E3 I think the Wii may be coming out of its slump. New Super Mario Brothers Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2 are both exciting prospects and not to mention the new Metroid.  

[General Lea]

Actually, all of my consoles are collecting dust. My DS Lite's the only one to be in recent use, and PS2 being in second place. I only leave my Wii alone because I hate changing remote batteries.  

[PhoenixBlade983]

Tron714

I thinkt he Conduit looks good enough to dust off my girlfriends wii and play it. If only 50 bucks + tax would drop out of the sky and pay for it... xd

The Conduit is definitely good enough to dust it off for a while.

Not to mention when CoD 6: MW II comes out a lot of Wii users will be getting it.  

[We Have A Winnar]

I probably play my DS/NES more than any of my other systems, though all of them are collecting dust in comparison to my computer.  

[Chaotix Bluix]

Well, I think it's safe to say that some of my consoles have been collecting dust for the most part, but every so often when I pick up a game from the thrift store or gamestop, the console that the game goes to get's quite a bunch of use for the following week or two, before the dust starts to settle again ( a recent example of this was with LoZ: Wind Waker for the Gamecube).

It seems though (at least in my case), that handhelds work a bit differently. To put it simply... they tend to see a ton of non-stop use... often times ranging from a number of different games. The only time it generally gets a break or even a chance to collect some dust is when it is charging or when the next system comes out.
Even then... they still see some use... but the older they get generation wise, the less use they tend to see. sweatdrop  

[Shigeru the Hero]

In the future the Wii can serve as a doorstop.