Will the Wii ever pass ps2 sales

[cwbys21]

vaio said:

cwbys21 said:
I don't see the Wii passing the PS2. For several years of the PS2's life the only competition was the Gamecube (and maybe some other system I can't think of the name of that really really REALLY bombed). The Wii has a surging PS3 and a 360 that had a years head start on it. Also, the demand for the Wii will taper off, it will not sell out within hours of going on shelves for years to come.

I know that the Wii fan boys will disregard graphics, but if you look at FF10 graphics and then FF12 graphics, there is a big jump there. There is no reason not to expect something different in the graphical capabilities of the PS360 compared to the Wii. And by then both the PS360 will have dropped prices significantly and what are people going to buy, a game system that puts out good graphics for $100-$150 or a game system that puts out jaw dropping graphics for $50-$100 more.

Pretty pictures will sell games and systems compared to what else is out there. To go back to the FF10 and FF12 analogy, if two games came out at the same time and one had FF12 graphic pictures on the back and the other had FF10 graphic pictures, the "casual" gamer would buy the FF12 game because it would look like the developer put more time and effort into the game.

I am sure you wish that was true but it aint gonna happen and the FF analogy fails big time cause it´s not a casual game so no casuals would buy it no mutter how good or bad the graphics are.

I used the FF analogy because FF10 came out early and FF12 came out late on the PS2 and were made by the same company and the graphical difference is immense.  Also because it was the first thing that came to mind.  I didn't get the PS2 early enough in its life to experience most of the early games but I did pick up FF10.  I could have used Madden instead of FF, the graphical upgrades Madden made through the PS2's life are significant also and a sports game is definately casual.

Also, you sound like you think I don't want the Wii to do good.  I want it to sell lots of systems so that Sony and Microsoft will relize that it is a mistake to put out expensive consoles.  I just don't think it will pass the 120 million-ish that the PS2 has gotten so far.  Like I said, the Wii isn't going to keep selling out in an hour like it is now for the rest of its life span, so to make some of the bold statements made here are kind of premature but if it is givin a good life span (6ish years) it should sell a good amount of systems because of this good start it has.