I've only read a little of this Sony vs. Nintendo battle, but I think it's really unknown what the Wii is going to do later in this generation. By no means will it be a failure and that is already established, but it will either
1. Quickly decelerate when Nintendo gets their new console out. Quickly accelerating products tend to quickly decelerate as well. At the time the next Nintendo console is released, people may think "The Wii is Soooo... Yesterday."
or
2. It will have the very slow deceleration that the PS2 is experiencing right now.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
