Could This Be Nintendo's Last Big Christmas?

[rocketpig]

Mummelmann said:

rocketpig said:

Hawk said:

MikeB said:
I think Christmas 2008 will be less big than this year for the Nintendo Wii, HDTV penetration is rising rapidly, the Blu-Ray vs HD DVD war will probably finally come to an end. 3rd parties will likely continue to struggle on the Wii.

::chuckle:: The old "graphics may not matter now, but they will in the future! I promise!"

Of course. People are going to radically change their opinion of everything in the next 12 months.

 That happens all the time with cellphones, clothes, cars and accessories of various kinds. Maybe it can happen to a console aimed at the unstable casual masses? Who knows? Right now, I don't give a crap, but it'll be exciting to see how things are in 2-3 years. Meanwhile, I'll be playing my PC, cursing it for already being too slow even though I spent 4000$ on it last year...  

Cellphones and clothes are virtually disposable items. Most people don't spend more than $50 on their cellphones.

Mass consumer items that are over $200 are a little different. The Wii won't stop selling any time soon. Shit, Nintendo is handing out vouchers just to get one now.

You're basically saying the Wii is a fad without actually stating it. I thought we were past that at this point. It's obvious the Wii is going to continue to sell when it hasn't been in stock in most places for 13 straight months now.