The lower quality graphics are actually the wiis biggest strength. I mean, which is more appealing to normal people: "Oh, yeah, the graphics are pretty good, but nothing state of the art" or "Oh, the graphics only truly shine if you buy a new 2000$ TV". It appeals to normal people who don't care enough about graphics to know the difference between 1080 Interlaced and 720 Progressive and HDMI and Component.
The main issue is the commodification of graphics. In the 90s sound quality was important and people really cared about it: the SNES advertised its state of the art sound chips which made it better than the Genesis. But now sound is 'good enough' for most people. You aren't going to pick a more expensive system over a cheaper, more fun system just because the 'better' one has slightly higher definition sound, are you?
Wii has more 20 million sellers than PS3 has 5 million sellers.
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