All new manufactured Wii shipped to Europe ?

[johnlucas]

RolStoppable said: @johnlucas Until recently I was hoping that Nintendo is on the right way with their new approach on the Wii system. But since I've read the articles of Sean Malstrom (I think Erik Aston put a link somewhere), I know that this time there is no need to hope for good times as a nintendo fan. It is assured that Nintendo will sell the most consoles, they will be unstoppable. DS and Wii are very similar in their business strategy, the main difference is that the DS had to pick up traction with the delayed release of the killer apps Nintendogs and Brain Age, but the Wii already is on full speed with Wii sports for the new audience (it's also a very enjoyable game for the old hardcore audience) and Zelda for the core audience. The Wii didn't lose momentum as of now, and it seems Nintendo is very carefully in their timing of releasing the next killer apps (Big Brain Academy in April/May in Japan I think). All the "competitors" can hope for is that it takes Nintendo as much time as possible to ramp the production rate up, so that the mainstream of the gamers still believe this "next-gen war" isn't decided yet.

I've read him long ago & have posted some links to his articles here as well. The guy is a genius. He's obviously close to 50 maybe 60 years old & must have seen the world of videogaming develop from its beginnings. He's been here BEFORE it was videogaming. When it was gaming on computers amongst those in the know. That's the feel I get from his articles. He tells you the perspective BEYOND Nintendo. THAT'S what makes his articles so great. A lot of his stuff I was already in league with mentally but he even enlightened me further on certain things which wowed me! It's like he brushed off a little more dirt from the gemstone so I could see the shine better. And he *really* knows how to drive a point home. Wii sells with hardly a great change in its library since launch. Wii Sports will sell this system all year long. My 84 year-old landlady is just one more person who has tried playing the Wii & enjoyed herself after NEVER even smelling a videogame system before. We like to play this sports team rah rah mess but there is no such thing as a "console war" really. When you have to scramble for market you don't have the market. It's like butterflies. The market will come to you if you do things right & please people's needs. Not necessarily wants but needs. Sometimes wants. The marketing on top helps grease the wheels. Yamauchi said DS was gonna raise Nintendo to heaven or sink them to hell. That was their last chance to be a central driving force behind the industry. Sure they'd be profitable but they'd lose that edge. When DS succeeded Nintendo's road to success was being built. Wii & DS are twin systems & that WiiDS Phenomenon I always talk bout is going to come true. We will have never SEEN anything like it in gaming before. TWO MAJOR MONSTER SYSTEMS feeding into each other all over the world??? Game Boy and NES didn't have the proper chance to fully cross-pollinate. Game Boy Pocket and SNES weren't set up like DS & Wii are. Game Boy Color was more successful than N64. Game Boy Advance was much more successful than Gamecube. DS & Wii will be phenonema on both sides of the videogame market. THIS is the difference. The cross-pollination of these audiences will leave people's jaws hanging. The money Nintendo's about to make in the 7th gen may make Bill Gates jealous! Now that IS hyperbole but I swear the Nintendo company with their tight business plan is in for some really good days. Yes, RolStoppable you've figured it out. It's all about the timing of releases. They learned from the Gamecube mistake of Metroid Prime/Wind Waker/Super Mario Sunshine. They are going to juggle this frenzy all year long at the least. THAT'S what will steadily drive these sales past all competitors. John Lucas