Interesting article.

The reactions to it in this thread are even more interesting though.

i'm a sony fan but still nobody can say the wii is a failure do u not see the lead, u can add ps3 and 360 sales and it's only up probably by like 3 mil consoles

 I know a sales site tends to cause single-mindedness, but most people will confirm that there is more than one way to fail. 

the simple fact that there are so many wiis out there is enough to give wiifans solid evidence that is not a commercial failure even is the wii is collecting dust. But the question is, has it fail to achieve its objective or the buyers supposed objectives? anyway wii seems more and more like a ripoff, nintendo has developed a machine with potential, but they found out that casual gamer do not need that potential to be exploited so the made wiimusic.

I want to buy a wii only for metroid and zelda, i hope nintedo gets serious and make more games like those

@ NYANKS

For many, including me, FPS are much better with the Wiimote/Nunchuck combination. I don't want to go back to dual analogs after seeing what can be done on the Wii.

There are also games like Boom Blox that would change dramaticlly and lose much of the fun factor in a port to the HD consoles.

In business there is only one way to "fail", the juxtapose of that is there is only one way to prevail.

I don't mind if someone actually backs up their statements with real facts and data, but this article didn't really do that. It makes a lot of assumptions that might be backed up with data, but we don't know that and I don't think even the author knows. The author just decided to state certain things as if they are facts when they may or may not be. It's called lazy journalism.

The lack of horsepower on the Wii.  Is it because Nintendo spend budget money on motion technology for it, or because of a low price tag.  I think it is a combination of both.

And If someone mentions that the XBOX360 is cheaper than the Wii, that is true for the stock 360.  Keep in mind that Microsoft sells their consoles at a loss, while Nintendo refuses to do this.  I cannot comment on their business practices, as I am not a business analist.

"lazy journalism" also known as sensationalism

a boy died while palying his wii!!!! OMG NINTENDO PROMOTES CHILDREN DEATH

In other words, we have an insecure adolescent male (mentally if not biologically) who doesn't let himself PLAY his Wii games. He goes into toolbox mode and then blames the Wii for allowing him to do so.

Typical poser. The article could not possibly be more wrong.