These are the last few paragraphs of Matt Casamasina's GDC blog.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/107/1077008p1.html

It's anecdotal and unproven and I know from experience that it's never so black and white. The fact of the matter is, the Wii remote shipped with so many problems that Nintendo was forced to release an upgrade device that even needs constant recalibration. And Wii MotionPlus? Word on the street is that the heat from your hands de-calibrates the sensor. It's still not perfect by any means, but it's workable, and I think that by the time Natal ships, it will be workable too, even if developers have to kill themselves getting it there. Lest we not forget that there are some amazing games for Wii and whether by ingenuity or simple trickery, the motion controls sometimes feel fantastic.

What I do find very telling about both some of these public unveilings and secret murmurings, however, is just how difficult it seems to be to nail motion controls. People love to shrug off Nintendo's work. Hell, I've done it. But for all the primitive graphics surrounding the Wii Sports experience, there's some pretty fancy handiwork powering the gameplay controls -- and I think Microsoft and Sony are only now discovering just how fancy it really is.

Speaking of Nintendo, everyone seems to be waiting for word on the company's next system. It's the go-to question in interviews. "Yes, I understand Wii sold a bazillion units in December alone, but hey -- when's Wii HD coming?" Yeah -- I'm guilty of that one, too. And it's no different when I talk to developers and publishers, nearly all of whom receive the obligatory query about new hardware -- what and when? I always resign myself to the no comment or the no idea, but at GDC I struck a bit of a niblet when a developer said Nintendo told him it would be ready to roll with Wii 2 in 2012. Anybody with a brain would probably guess as much, but it is even so always refreshing to hear so from a semi-official source.

Of course, the NPD numbers just hit and the Wii dominance is at an end. Outsold in February by Xbox 360, ending a forever-long winning streak. And PS3 was not far behind, either. We'll just have to see if Nintendo isn't willing to move that date forward.

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Nothing like imposing the realities of 2010 on something that was released in 2006 (the critique of the Wii Remote).

The great irony is that in the bashy, he is being "complementary" to Nintendo.

It also shows the pre-occupation with graphics on the part of game "journalists."

Mike from Morgantown

Takeaways so far: Sony has made a dildo-controller that feels like a gimped Wii remote. Natal sucks. And Wii 2 is in no rush. At least, that's how it goes in pure black and white and if you believe everything you hear at this year's Game Developers Conference. Of course, if you do, then maybe you'll also believe that GameCube's fill rate is much better than Xbox's and therefore Nintendo's hardware is superior. Right?

The ignorance...................it hurts.

As a Wii sackfan, I've hated IGN long before this entire charade.

I got pissed off at them all the way back in 2002 because they had that stupid obnoxious logo on all their screenshots. And back then, that watermark was not transparent. It got in the way of everything!

And even worse, they put it on their videos too. And their videos were some crappy 320x240 resolution. I want high quality content that is free. Which could be found later at the wonderful GameTrailers.com website.

And when Matt Cassassassassassmassassina started making up all this bullshit about "Halo DS", Kid Icarus Wii, Project HAMMER, and Pikmin 3, I was done with the site.

So Wii staggers behind the 360 for one month in the Americas and thus is finished dominating? Last time I checked the Americas weren't the world and Casamassina wasn't a journalist. Seriously, IGN needs to can these mutt-faced, fantard contributers and salvage what little respect they still have.

i really felt disgusted after reading that excuse for an article. that last paragraph was especially nauseating

*Yawn*.

yea its just a little bit early to say the wii is doomed i mean cmon, 360 is the only console on shelves in america last month, ps3 and wii are sold out every where with shortages, so it only makes sense that its on top. not too mention npd is only in america

Nah, this isn't the reason. They didn't overtly insult their audience in this one, and that's the reason i've seen for Wii owners having their particular hatred for IGN (like the NSMBWii review when they said something like "anyone who isn't angry that this game doesn't have online is just delusional" or something)

wii owners hate IGN because of a blog ?

No, the bullshit.

That's just Cassamassina though, the others don't have quite the reputation for making shit up.