I tried not to read the article, I really did. Now I'm going to have to tear it apart.
"People should be aware that they're not going to get something like Heavenly Sword or Halo 3, where you have high-definition graphics and 7.1 sound and can fight hundreds of extremely detailed enemies at once, on the Wii; it simply doesn't have the processing power to handle that kind of load."
Wii can't has high-defintion? NO WAI! Seriously, anyone with eyeballs figured out that Wii is not up to par with the other systems more than a year ago. This is not news, and the only people who aren't aware of it are people who don't care one lick about graphics in the first place.
"Will the Wii continue to do as well once the Xbox 360 or the PS3 approaches the $200 barrier? If Sony and Microsoft introduce their own versions of the Wii controller (which is defined entirely by its motion-sensing capability), will the Wii still matter? As more households buy HDTVs, will high-definition consoles become more appealing? Considering the much inferior hardware capabilities of the Wii compared to its competitors, how long will it be before a new Nintendo console is launched? These are all the type of questions that both gamers and the gaming press have asked with every console launch."
No, these are not the type of questions gamers and the press have asked with every console launch. In fact, this is the first generation most of these questions have ever been asked, and they're being asked ad nauseum - by people that want to cast doubt on the Wii.
"Once people dispel themselves of the idea of the Wii as a magical device that will completely redefine gaming and instead accept its limitations, the gaming community can begin to answer these questions and, hopefully, make games even more fun."
Wii has already started redefining gaming, and the notion that high-def graphics and 7.1 surround-sound automatically make games "even more fun" is just plain wrong. I have played many fun games in recent years, but I don't think any of them are more fun than Tetris or Super Mario World or Unreal Tournament.
Parting Shot: ever notice how every time someone brings up the gameplay advantages of more powerful hardware, it's "hundreds of detailed enemies at once"? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep Wii-ing.
