The Wii is not dead or dying.

[Rpruett]

LordTheNightKnight said:

Rpruett said:

Sure it is.  It's in third place week after week (Even when the 360 has no compelling exclusive software coming out for it either).  It's third party software support remains non-existent with no first party big hitters to speak of for a long time.  It doesn't have a truly viable online setup.  Every console has some motion control viability (So what's the point of the Wii at this point?)

It still will likely keep it's crown when this generations consoles are all off the market but it's certainly limping to the finish line.

It probably will still sell the best around Holiday time due to pricing, name recognition, etc.  But year round it will get pushed around by the HD consoles.

Those are not reasons. For one thing, it's a huge spin to call copycatting motion controls as some kind of knock to the when when those came AFTER the industry bashed motion control as gimmicky and a fad.

Having virtually no third party support whilst having no major first party titles anytime soon isn't a reason?   Nintendo is notoriously slow in their development cycles,  with no third party support you are witnessing the same effect that N64 and Gamecube ran into.   You don't think consumers take this is into account?

  It lacks any form of compelling online gameplay  (Just another feature lacking when you can get a 360/PS3 for comparable price).

And if you're truly interested in Motion Control gaming in some fashion,  you aren't FORCED to purchase a Nintendo Wii. 

These are all reasons, combined with the fact that the graphics in the system are incredibly aged and you have a product that is certainly in the process of dying.

 

No one cares (Except the Nintendo fans) that Microsoft and Sony called motion controls Gimmicky.  Hell, at this point one could actually make a case that they were in fact gimmicky.  (As we see the Wii free-falling)  and many of the Wii's best games really had limited functionality with Motion controls.