We already have a great Wii accessible RTS coming. Batallion Wars 2. I think the C&C style RTS should just stay the f*** away from consoles altogethor. Get it on your PC's. Just upgrade them with the money you were saving up for a PS3, then you will have enough money left over for the game, and the Wii. I do think that Wii might be the best as far as controls go for an RTS like this. If they must make it for the Wii, then they need to make some fancy Wii controls that allow you to hotkey groups easily. Maybe even allow us to designate the groups with Wii mote motions that we make ourselves? Make it so that you can select all of the millitary units on the screen at once with a flick of the nunchaku? But you know what, I WISH THEY WERE THAT SMART... The controls are gonna suck.

 My problem with computers is that very few of the best games work on it (thank god CoH works on it). I think there are many people who can't afford to continue to update their computer, and would prefer to buy a console where they have the guarantee that all games are going to work on it.

Oh absolutely Munkeh, I totally understand. That's really a part of my point -- Sony doesn't want to give people the feeling they're buying a Computer, they want them to feel like they're buying a Video Game system, because a Video Game system gives people the sense of mass-marketed appeal and stability that you just mentioned.

But again, if you have a machine that uses a keyboard and mouse, and gives you access to the internet, as well as to pictures, movies, music, and games, what would you call that? It's dangerously close to simply being called "a computer that can't be upgraded." It's not an issue of functionality here, it's one of image. As I'm sure you're aware, many people have already mocked the PS3 with the "might as well just buy a PC" smears, and it would only get worse with a keyboard and mouse.

Consider this: technically, all video game consoles really ARE computers that have traditionally focused exclusively on games to keep costs down. These computers can't be upgraded, so you're forced to buy a whole new computer every 5 years or so. Think of that -- it's precisely how video game systems have worked since the beginning of time, it's just marketed so well and it's so user friendly that you really don't think of it that way. And that's the problem Sony is bumping up against now: they've added so many bells and whistles to their console that they're getting dangerously close to being considered a computer by the masses, and not just by those noting the technical definition. The IMAGE of video game systems as "not computers" begins to break down.