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FractalParadigm • yesterday at 7:25 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

There's an objective argument behind this statement that could be made though - everyone, and I mean _almost literally everyone_ tried a Wii at some point during its regular lifespan. Even if it was just Wii Sports, it brought millions of people into video games who only considered them another toy. Parents, grandparents, a lot of the people who chastised video games for years were suddenly enamoured with virtual bowling and sword fights, while the rest of us still got our fill of Mario et. al.


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snowram • yesterday at 7:28 PM

As much as it pains me to say that, the same could be said about mobile gaming. In fact, I am pretty sure a lot of countries did not have access to Nintendo hardware but they can now enjoy gaming thanks to their phone.

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Almondsetat • today at 12:08 AM

>There's an objective argument behind this statement that could be made though

Everyone says that about their childhood too :)

classified • yesterday at 7:41 PM

> _almost literally everyone_

Sorry to disappoint, but I don't even know what a Wii looks like. I've always been using my computer to play games on.