While I do agree with his conclusion (the Wii-2 is a joke), I don't agree with how he got there...namely "it's a joke BECAUSE the graphics card is outdated" 

Uhm, no? last I checked the PS1 was the weakest of that gen, and PS2 was weakest of its gen, and Wii was weakest of that gen, and those were the best selling consoles of all time. 

Just sayin. 

Great an unqualified idiot giving there opinion on the internet...

If its all the same to you guys Im going to read what any given random twiter account thinks of this first! 

i dont understand the argument "console A was weaker than console B but it still did better, so that will always continue to happen in the future".

there are many other factors involved like how much they cost, when they were released, development issues.

and just because one system sold more it doesnt mean its better. sometimes it is, sometimes its not.

ps3 and xbox have tons more AAA games than wii, yet they have sold half the amount.

but when ps2 outsold gamecube its because it really did have better games, both first and third party.

no matter what statistics you cherry-pick, the larger picture is that consoles specifications do matter. its about having the right balance between price and power. too low power and you miss out on a lot of third party games (like wii did) and if its too costly, you miss out on a lot of sales (like ps3 did).

i think wii2 doesnt have the specs to compete in a market where consumers are increasingly wary about specifications and what the system will be able to offer in the future.

crytek recently said they want x720/ps4 to have 8gigs of ram, even if they have half of that wii2 will struggle to compete.

how many of us giving our opinions on forums are qualified?

in product design, its the opinion of the consumers that matters, the 'qualified' just sit at a desk and make it happen.

improved graphical power is natural progression to the next generation of hardware. I think you missed the entire point. It is clear that THQ was talking development cost, graphics are one part of game development, game development happened on consoles, and the highest development costs happen at the beginning of a generation when developers have to figure a new system out.

I mean, last gen the major game norm was about I guess $5-$7 million, maybe $10, with the big games being about $30-$40 million (the sure things like Final Fantasy and GTA). Now the norm is about $20-$25 million on the HD systems, with the big games being $60-$100 million.

Not only is there the issue of what another major advancement would cost, there is also the matter of sales for those games from last gen to now, or even the last two gens to now. They haven't really gone up. Not across the board* to make up for those.

* Since individual hits are outliers.

Ajusted for inflation Shenmue 1&2 (they were developed cuncurrently and the only reason they weren't one game was because they needed to recoup costs) cost $93,893,697. The only non MMOs to cost more than 50 mill that to my knowlage are games like GT5, FF XIII, RDR and GTA4.

and GTA4 cost so much not so much due to.

"over 1,000 people worked on the game for over 3 and a half years, doing everything from studying New York city with cameras that recorded city traffic for months, to contacting over 2,000 people just to obtain the rights to the hundreds of music tracks that can be listened to in the game. Price to record a master for each track ran at around $10,000 and that excludes the license and royalty fees."

yes that's right the music, add in the dozens of voice actors and that is what cost so much not graphics. 

Uncharted 2 had a reported budget of 20$ million and is considered one of the best looking games ever...

there are plenty of game last gen that cost more than 40 mill as well production values as a whol have improved last generation professional voice actors, motion capture big name producers/creators that demand higher salaries were less common. graphics are actually but a small part in the ever increasing cost of game development .

...who is he?

Also, calling a system that isn't out yet a joke?  Who is this guy?  Pratcher?

Considering most of the music in that game was shit thats a waist of dollars they could have saved

You missed my point. You assumed I claimed the money wasn't for any reason, when my point clearly was about sales not increasing in general to match the money spent (I even bolded the part here).