Yeah, a bit like the Wii... WHOOPS!

Didn't Nintendo platforms account for 95% of industry growth last year? I remember they published the stats, and it was something ridiculously high...

Point is, i suppose, is that it seems Microsoft's new strategy is to ignore the Wii completely in all PR references. They used to try to talk down to it, but now they just seem to leave it out entirely

The 360 drives the market, eh?

I like that confidence. That's the type of confidence that rubs off on the consoles fan base. If you're confident in the product you put out, I will be too.

They are just jealous!

That was industry growth in terms of profits,  and only after factoring in companies that lost money versus companies that didn't. It was clever spin, but still spin.

 No they wont. This board is turning into a merry-go-round.

Same shit over and over.

Sony & MS consider the Wii a different market. Hell they probably consider it last gen.  I consider my Wii more of a toy than a gaming machine.  I have this wierd feeling that Nintendo is trying to assemble an army of robots (similar to Voltron) to take over the world. Think about that next time you buy another attachment and your Wii starts glowing blue at you in the middle of the night.

Once and for all, we are all very very sorry that the Wii does not get discussed in the PR wars going on.

Microsoft are like little kids, they just get jealous at everything.

-Sony price cuts-
Microsoft : BUT MY X360 IS BETTAH THAN YOURS FAGGOT!

Microsoft Maturity is exactly like how mature people on XBL are xD

To MS the Wii isn't competing. They are going after a different market. That is why it sees growth. MS is just going after last gen's market. They see that market cap for 360 + PS3 sales to be the size of XBOX + PS2 + GC sales.

Wii can sell 500,000 units and it doesn't matter as they are not in competition with it. ;)

I find this move to be brilliant but uningenious by Sony. Why not drop the PS3 price? It seems that they are strategically holding onto the PS2 until they can convince everyone to go to the PS3 (Which is obviously a tough sell, otherwise they wouldn't need to do this).

This is a classic market stalling tactic by a company that has dominant market share in the last generation. It does nothing for next generation gamers and the gaming market.

I substituted "confidence" with "arrogance" in your post, and I had a pretty good lolz.

Seriously though, what they said was BS. They sure know how to make it sound legit and very positive though, and they should be proud of that. That's what PR is for, after all.