thing is - there's no limit to how well or badly the Wii could do, the ipod is a good example. It has become a brand leading must have accessory now that has constantly expanded to fill what the public desires out of a MP3 player, again with the MP3 market - Sony dropped the ball on this also when backing Mini Disks and by the time they came to the market the brand leader was already established - sound familiar?
With the PS3 stating they'll be around for 12 years and no doubt they will as it's a fantastic console that hasn't scratched the surface yet and the 360 having it's place established in the market - if the Wii and motion controls keeps momentum throughout the next year or even two then where's it's competitiors coming from?
I predict the Wii offering more services like DS demos, TV guides, probably even VOIP phone services, DVD player and many other services that people will want in their home and it may just become like Ipod in many ways where the skys the limit. As services like HD TV becomes more popular then new Wii's will come out that will offer 100% backwards compatibility with channels etc and will expand as the audiences needs expand after all a new Ipod model is still an Ipod isn't it?
Those people that think they're perfect give a bad reputation to us who are...
"With the DS, it's fair to say that Nintendo stepped out of the technical race and went for a feature differentiation with the touch screen, but I fear that it won't have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick - so the long-lasting appeal of the platform is at peril as a direct result of that." - Phil Harrison, Sony