fastyxx said:
But, and I say this as someone who pre-ordered Wii Animal Crossing, the PS3 and 360 being beaten by Wii is like them being beaten by Tickle Me Elmo. The Wii is a completely different product than what the the 360 and PS3 are. It's like trying to argue that the PSP is way more successful than the Wii since it's got a multi-million lead, or saying that the DS is better than an iPhone because it's sold 75 million more. At this point it's a pointless argument. Nintendo has hit on a successful product, but it's not a gamer's game system the way we know it, even compared to the most casual of the PS2 userbase. For the same reason there isn't a thread asking how many units Bejeweled Twist sold on PC the first week out. (Though I bet it destroyed most of the console titles.)
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No...no...no...
Enough of this "WIi is not competing with PS360" junk, It's a video game machine, and it will be compared with other videogame machines. Of course you don't compare Iphone to DS, Iphone is..a phone...DS is a games machine. Wii is a games machine just like 360 or PS3, I happen to have more Wii games than I do for 360 or PS3 combined, and it gets the most play time, many other people on this site and all over the world probably have similar experiences. Had the Wii been doing poorly like the PS3, we wouldn't have this discussion about how the Wii is in a different market not competing with the HD twins, and if Nintendo fans came up with the excuse "oh it's just in a different market, it's not really competeing with the HD twins" they would be laughed at.
The way I see it is if a multiplatform game sells on wii, thats a sale taken away from the HD twins and vice versa. Wii is definately competing with the PS3 and 360, if not the game industry just shrunk by about 75% and video games will be dead within 5 years.
