despite pundits who say it's too early to say so, it is perhaps time to say such things. saying "wait until 2008 x'mas and we'll see" is lame and terminates discussions. PS2 won hands down because of 3rd party support, and given that games take 1-2 years to develop, the annoucements of games coming to the wii means the wii in 2008 would be even more attractive than the wii in 2007. the last little while i've read about rumors/news about katamari wii, nights wii, even GTA wii. by 2008 wii production should also be significantly greater. granted, none of those are likely to be exclusives, but the mere presence of those games plus the fact that the wii is the least expensive console makes the wii the console of choice for most consumers. to be strict, the wii and PS3/360 are so different that the wii cannot be declared the "winner". but it would also be silly to suggest that they're not competing against each other. even if one cannot declare wii the "winner" since 360 is doing very well, it seems safe to declare PS3 the loser. the only question is: can sony's internal studios deliver one blockbuster after another? i think not--their games will be extremely well-polished and extreme eye-candies, but lower on gameplay value. in fact i think many will be quite similar and be competing against each other. PS3 helped jump-start blu-ray, but ironically, i don't think blu-ray can help the PS3 as much, because of the entrance of mass market low-cost blu-ray players if blu-ray is successful. i have been a fan of steve jobs' vision, and i take iTV trouncing both the PS3 and 360 in terms of being the home hub. hi def disks might be merely transition to online media delivery, and if anyone can do it, it's apple, who plays no part in the format war. if so, that makes the wii stand out even more. before long, we might be talking about wiiTV. ps. basically all because the wii is cheaper than the 360 and the ps3.
the Wii is an epidemic.
