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mike_intellivision said:
I will run counter to a lot of people here.

I think that the Xbox 360 could be seen as a substitute item if the Wii has a third straight holiday season with limited supplies. This would especially be true if the motion controller and avatar systems come out.

Clerk to potential customer who can't find a Wii:
"How about an Xbox 360? It's cheaper. It has motion. It has avatars -- they are like Miis." Customer -- "OK."

Of course, Nintendo knows this and will make sure it has sufficient supply -- because the only thing that can stop Nintendo at this point is Nintendo itself. And with short supply again it would do just that.

Mike from Morgantown

lol, so you're saying that if Nintendo sells plus or minus a million consoles this Xmas, pissed off consumers will spread word of mouth so fast, it will ruin the company, and Xbox will start outselling it?

No, people will just wait like they have been waiting the last two years. Smart people will buy early, like they have done for the last two years, and dumb, ignorant, or uninformed people will be waiting till March....like they have done for the last two years.


Despite what we hope human nature is, the longer we dangle something in front of their faces, the more they want it. Those dreams just compound.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.