Sigh. Another industry "insider" publication that can't see the forest for the trees. I suppose that their "report card" has some validity in the eyes of the traditional, heavy-spending adolescent male gamer. But that group hasn't dominated the market for a very long time now, at the very least since the mid-90s, and as a result the verdict provided here is hopelessly out of touch with actual sales trends. Some of these lines come across as laughable:
A year from now, it's conceivable there'll be more Wii consoles in people's homes than 360s.
It's conceivable?! "Conceivable." Uh, that's not exactly the word I would have used there. It's "conceivable" that there will be more Wii consoles in people's homes than 360s by the end of this July (at least, according to John Lucas). It would require something miraculous for the Wii not to have a gigantic lead over the 360 by this time next year. That is, unless this EW group was talking only about America (?) I saw no indication that that was the case in the article, however.
Other statements like, "Microsoft's machine is still the console to beat. For the most part, they've been doing everything right," are similarly jarring and difficult to understand. EW praises the 360 Elite, and knocks Microsoft for not making HD-DVD standard on its console - huh? It's like they want Microsoft to make the most expensive console possible! Are these analysts learning ANYTHING from the current sales trends?! 
And of course, as naznatips and azzer100 have already pointed out, the Wii verdict is hilarious: "While the Wii continues to dominate the sales charts, there are signs that the system is starting to lose a bit of its luster. The reason? Compelling new games have been few and far between." Riiiiight. I mean, it's not like the Wii is outselling 360 + PS3 combined in every region, has done so almost every week this year, and shows no signs of slowing down. Oh wait... 
The myth that Wii software doesn't sell really needs to stop now. The last two weeks in a row, the top selling game in the US has been on the Wii (Resident Evil, Pokemon Battle Revolution). 5 of the top 10 selling games this week were on the Wii - and no, that's not including Wii Sports (6 out of the top 11 if you count it). There is zero sign that the Wii is "losing a bit of its luster." The EW group is just throwing a little temper tantrum that their systems of choice aren't doing as well as the casual-friendly Wii.
And for that matter, how could you possibly give the Wii a B+ at release, and a B- now? How, how, how?! It's shattered every possible sales expectation, yet the grade goes down?!?!?!
Only in a fantasy world do the Wii and PS3 get the same grade at this point. No further comments needed.
I apologize if it seems as though I'm acting like a Nintendo fanboy here - that's not my goal. I think the 360 has a fantastic software library, and the PS3... well, it's making some progress. My focus however is on sales trends, which is why I'm at this website; when I read this kind of garbage from "analysts", it really rubs me the wrong way. From a sales perspective, it's simply inconceivable that the 360 gets a higher grade than the Wii, and that the PS3 is equal to it. Laughable even. Now perhaps that wasn't the goal of the EW group, but surely that needs to factor into the decision in some way, right? Right? Because the current reality of the situation is not reflected by these remarks (or by the comments of many other analysts), and I'm really starting to wonder why so many supposedly intelligent people want to live in a fantasy world where the market is dominated by 360/PS3, rather than acknowledge what consumers are actually buying and playing.
End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)
