The Wii does not = , > the PS2,PS3,360 because they are NOT THE SAME!!

[Steve 3.2]

Million said:

• The PS2 was made what , 8 years ago ? OBVIOUSLY THE WII WILL BE MORE POWERFULL the comparison threads are stupid !
• I'd argue that the Wii's in a league of it's own , it's not in direct competition with the 360 and PS3 . Many Wii owners( who are also hardcore gamers) are PSWii or Wii360. I can't imagine anyone settling with the Wii alone for current gen gaming.
• STOP making threads about wether the Wii can play 360/PS3 games , NO IT CAN'T ( well without some severe degrading) how many mini's do you see with Ferrari engines in em ?.
• I don't think the 360 or the PS3 (unless you wanna compare the PS3 with sony's last console) should be seen as doing badly simply because the Wii is doing good , I read some where on this site that the 360 has significantly better attach rates than the Wii, wouldn't this imply that a higher percentage of 360 and PS3 owners are different kinds of gamers ?(hardcore gamers maybe) THEY AREN'T IN THE SAME MARKET.

Just a couple of quick notes on the comments above:

The Wii is often compared to the PS2 because of all the PS2/PSP ports the systems has been getting.  And what's frustrating is that all too often the developers aren't taking advantage of the extra horsepower and are tacking on lame motion controls.

The Wii may not be in 'direct' competition, but it is a video game system and does compete on some level with the other two.  Heck even the PS2 competes in some ways with the 360, PS3, and Wii.

The question isn't 'Can the Wii play X?', the real question is 'Can the Wii offer the same game play/experience as X?'  A lot of the horsepower in the 360 and PS3 are used up just to run in high res.  Take that away, and what are you left with?  Take Bully for example.  Same game on the PS2, Wii, and 360.  Does the higher resolution of the graphics improve the game play?  Not really.  But if a game has advanced AI or a physics engine, then that could be a differentiating factor.

The 360 and PS3 aren't doing as well as expected.   It's the same as the DS/PSP comparisons.  PSP so far as system sales ain't too shabby.  But it didn't kill the DS and the software sales are a heck of a lot less than desired.