All these people on here crucifying Wii for the casual market need to look no further than their beloved Ps2 and thank them for it. Nintendo just took the ball SONY started rolling with the PS2 and it's beloved 120 million sold, made them fumble, and ran it back for a touchdown.
All this talk of HD being a hinderence and influencing gaming trends, by the next generation sure. But when there hasn't even been a universal standard set and most console games not even utilizing 1080i to this point, I think it's safe to say the jury is still out on that assesment.
Also, up to the launch of the PS3 and Wii Sony's system was DOMINATING the news, there were reports of people camping out on every major news outlet, Wii mania really didn't hit until after it had launched and people got their hands on Wii Sports.
I saw the Wii being huge, for the DS factor. The DS had taken off do to it's original take on gaming, and as soon as the Wii sold out in it's first shipment, I was like this is going to be HUGE.
I didn't really think it was going to be sold out for a year. But I'm glad I got mine on Black Friday after launch. Because who knows when I would've got one.
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