4. It Lacks Novelty Appeal
Though I'm not a huge fan of the console itself, I can appreciate the Wii's place in gaming history, revolutionising its form with the motion controls, and also helping to de-stigmatise the activity as something that only nerdy virgins partake in. Now middle-aged parents can take a go, and it's now perfectly acceptable as a result to have a PS3 or Xbox 360 sitting underneath your TV - it's no longer an embarrassment to potential girlfriends. The problem with having a core user base of casual gamers, though, is that they're not all that fussed about upgrading; they're happy to boot up their Wii whenever they have friends round for a few quick games, but they're not going to be playing it every night of the week. As a result, are they really going to spend another £250 on another iteration which, frankly, doesn't seem to have distinguished itself in a particularly revelatory way. There's one way they could have done that, one which they've completely failed at...