Time to analyze that last post...
By this logic Wii SHOULD be failing due to friends codes...
A fair point, though a pretty petty one. Inserting a 12-digit number shouldn't be considered a very solid negative.
...poor online in general...
It's being improved, slowly but surely. Mario Kart Wii will allow you to race against selected people from your Friend Code list as well as doing broad searches for opponents like in Mario Kart DS.
...a mediocre game lineup...
How was the launch "mediocre"? It had a broad spectrum of games at launch and is starting to really roll with the punches now (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart Wii)
...small internal storage...
I've yet to see that as a significant issue so far.
...inferior graphics...
If that's a negative for the Wii, it's also a negative for the PS2, the graphically-weakest console last generation.
...a dumb name...
Because that's what really matters.
...not enough buttons on the controller...
How is this a negative? The whole point of simplifying the controller was to keep from alienating consumers with more complicated controllers every few years.
...bad third party support
Bzzzt. At launch, third parties were skeptical. Now they're flocking to the Wii to put something on it.
PS3: 5.51m/51w, avg 108,039/w (up 239)
360: 12.93m/102w, avg 126,764/w (up 625), leads PS3 by 7.42m (up 70k), avg lead 18,725/w (up 386)
Wii: 13.52m/51w, avg 265,098/w (dn 1,102), leads PS3 by 8.01m (up 90k), avg lead 157,059/w (dn 1,341)
If 360 sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass 360 by...
01/08: (008w) +875.8%, 04/08: (021w) +344.4%, 07/08: (034w) +219.3%, 10/08: (047w) +163.5%
01/09: (060w) +131.8%, 04/09: (073w) +111.4%, 07/09: (085w) +098.1%, 10/09: (099w) +086.7%
If Wii sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass Wii by...
01/08: (008w) +1072.%, 04/08: (021w) +498.4%, 07/08: (034w) +363.4%, 10/08: (047w) +303.1%
01/09: (060w) +269.0%, 04/09: (073w) +246.9%, 07/09: (085w) +232.6%, 10/09: (099w) +220.3%
If PS2 sales freeze, Wii sales increases needed to pass PS2 (as of Mar07, 108.4m) by...
2008: (008w) +4373.8%, 2009: (060w) +0496.5%, 2010: (112w) +0219.6%, 2011: (165w) +0116.9%
2012: (217w) +0064.9%, 2013: (269w) +0033.1%, 2014: (321w) +0011.5%, 2015: (376w) -0004.8%
At +0% it will pass it in 358w, the week ending September 19th, 2014, at an age of 409w (7y44w).
Current age of PS2: 7y37w.
Last update: Week ending November 3, 2007