Nintendo basically made a console DS in the wii. Kudos for a great product for the mass market. I just hate to see everything boil down into senseless bickering about companies and victory. The Wii is not for me, its not for alot of people, sure it may be for more people but theres a lot to be said for what the 360 brings to the table and what the PS3 is capable of bringing to the table (home, bd are uproven). We know what we get in the 360 and the Wii, IMO....and people are answering with a resounding yes to the Wii. The PS3 will hang its hat on Home and BD, so im not going to even try to defend this logic to the rabid fanboys who want to declare death. The PS3 IMO has teh largest upside but has the least proven at this poin.
Nintendo ran through the door and really hit the nail on the head with the Wii. Its going to sell the most barring Nintendo crapping on themselves, but that doesnt mean Sony of MS will fail at all. Each console exists for different reasons, the Wii is get Nintendo profit, Nintendo just makes consoles. 360 is for Vista integration and competition with Sony. The PS3 is for BD saturation and integration of home electronics of other Sony products. To try to judge these incredibly diverse business models against one another in such simple terms of sales is idiotic, IMO.
There is nothing i cringe at more than "Wii won japan" or "PS3 will win Europe" "why MS will win America" These products exist for different reasons, its about time some of you people start analyzing their successes and failure son an individual basis because this is just silly. Games like Mass Effect, Blue Dragon, Lair, Heavenly Sword, XBL, Home arent going to be in the same time zone as Wii....what teh Wii has to offer isnt going to be available on the PS3 or 360, barring an incredibel drop in console sales there isnt going to be enough of a drop in 360/ps3 sales to move devs from these projects unatainable on the wii over to the wii.....it just aint gonna happen no matter how much the wii sells.....the only thing that will change is that teh Wii will see MORE supports in other areas fromthese companies, it will mean more games being made, not less game son the 360 and PS3 and mor eon wii, it will be same on PS3 and 360 and more on wii....good for all gamers.
Theres a lot to be said for what each of these consoles brings or will bring to the table, the only way sony loses is i BD falls on its face and the company implodes (please spare the imature comments) The only way the Wii loses is.....there is no way, nintendo wil make profit, there will only be degress of profit no lose/win for nintendo. the 360 will probably never make money, Im not too sure what MS has as its vision, its not clearly defined as the PS3 with BD and entertainment hub....but i guess D2D downloading and digital video distribution COULD be a focus of MS's vision, but at this point its not clear to me.......
As nice as it would be to live in a world where these consoles were merely gaming machines with direct comparisons it is equally nice to be able to step back and realize these are different beasts with the same color of fur. There is no comparing these consoles as they not only exist for different reasons, but are attacking the market for different reasons....the simple hardware sales do not justify the success and failures of these consoles in a linear way as is discussed far too often here.
