On another note, Nintendo will never allow the Wii to survive its full 20-year potential lifespan even if same-value competition doesn't emerge. When a product reaches its authentic end of life point, it dies. Virtually nobody buys new units, service calls are more frequent, new add-ons for it end up less and less successful, etc.
If they're business-savvy (and all signs point to them being very business-savvy indeed), Nintendo is going to come out with something before the Wii's lifespan is up to completely destroy the system's appeal and the appeal of any same-value Wii competitors in the process. I don't know for sure what it will be, however. Few people predicted the Wii, after all, and what comes next has to have the same effect.
Sky Render - Sanity is for the weak.
