Lifespan of the Wii?

[mancandy]

Legend11 said:

A lot of companies have charts comparing their product to the competition and it both plays up their strengths and showcases their competition's weaknesses.  Here's an example of what the chart would look like for Microsoft: 

 

                                   "Now who's playing with power?" 

                                     Xbox 360                                   Wii

                    Ram          512MB                                       88MB

                    CPU          3200Mhz PPC Triple-Core          729Mhz PPC

                    GPU          500Mhz 10MB eDRAM                243Mhz 3MB eDRAM*

High Def Capable        Yes                                             No

*Nintendo refuses to give out more information on it's GPU or to give any comparison benchmarks against the Xbox 360.  It's believed that their GPU is a generation or possibly two behind the Xbox 360's so the comparison stats for the GPU do not give an accurate representation of how much more powerful the Xbox 360's is compared to the Wii's.

 

The thing with Nintendo in this generation is that they don't need charts. They have good word of mouth, free publicity, and great marketing. No one cares about power. People see Conan O'brien playing against Serena Williams in Wii Tennis. They see Al Roker play Wii Sports. They see Tiger Woods take a real golf swing and see it being mimicked on screen. Nintendo's commercials don't have that have melting babies.

It's like the Toyota Prius. People don't really know what's under the hood. All they know is that it saves gas and saves the planet. Sells like crazy. All people know about the Wii is that it's fun. Sells like crazy.