WereKitten:
I don't necessarily disagree with you in this matter, but would you be so kind as to answer me 1) what evidence you have that the Wii has not, as you say, created a new market, and is instead filling out the holes left in the old one (given that, IIRC, Nintendo has already produced statistics that would indicate otherwise), and 2) how, exactly, you mean to adduce that the Wii and its innovative (for home consoles) interface has not disrupted the market, when earlier in this very thread you were saying it will not be long for the HD systems to follow? Even if it is, in fact, only a subset of the old market that is being exploited by these new methods of control*, it is still a change that would not have occurred if it were not for Nintendo's strategizing. Of course, this change, in reality, has taken place during a period of time, beginning with the DS, and so it does not fall into the same trap as Malstrom's argument.
*I trust you will not deny the import of Wii Sport's control scheme in the popularization of the Wii.
I believe this to be a reasonable inquiry, and I look forward to your rebuttal.
PS. Yes, I was being intentionally haughty in this post. Humor me.
