LOL...this is funny cuz no matter what happens none of the HD systems will ever catch up to the Wii!!!  By the time they even come close it's already time to release a new system.  Mark my words 2012 or bust all console makers will release or be close to releasing a new system.   Maybe 2014, for Sony as the PS3 has left a nasty gash on them that will take some IF EVER to heal!!! (PS3 is the BIGGEST FAILURE THIS GENERATION the real winners are Nintendo and Microsoft)

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Microsoft lost money this gen. I'm pretty sure, after 2 unprofitable gens their at the point where they just give up. Nintendo will release sometime 2012 Sony will get reaaaaly scared and piece together a last minute next gen console about a year later. Naturally third parties will just make everything multiplat wii 2/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360 games (Their never gunna max out the HD consoles hardware so they can) and wii 2 will get some awesome sales because

A) It's newer. People like getting the newer thing.
B) It will be more powerful (people are stupid. At least a few will follow the specs regardless of any actuall benefits. That'll change when PS4 comes out but, with their headstart Wii 2 should easily stay on top)
C) First party nintendo titles have, on their own, made the fastest selling console of all time. With third parties Sony/Microsoft can't stand up to them. The people who don't like Nintendo games will just buy it cause everyone around them has one. It'll snowball.

No I'm right, just look at the sales, and hardware pushing ability of the games

no it wouldn;t because Nintendo fans would be buying Mario and Zelda and Metroid, just in better selling 2D versions

There's a difference between diversifying and wasting time and resources,

See what you apologists don't get is there is no benefit to Nintendo making these games,  people will still buy for 2D Mario, Mario Kart and other big sellers Nintendo makes, and Nintendo can spend its money on games that actually push hardware,  there is no downside

3D games have been tried over and over, and they've proven to be dogs, and there comes a point where you have to put the dogs to sleep

Actually no, as you can see in the sales charts, the releases of these games does not produce any sizable bump in hardware slaes, unlike a game like NSMB, so they don;t oush hardware.

People are still buying Wii for other games, whether or not these 3D games come out, so they are a waste of time and resources,

replacing these games with actual system sellers and actual games that people want, is not dumb and will actually result in higher sales, profits and momentum for Nintendo

 Let the third parties make those games that don't push hardware, and sell only a few million

Even if Wii has already peaked, it's by no means in troubles. With well timed SW releases and one price cut it can resist till Autumn 2012, then, after Wii2 release, another price cut, down to $99, some new games releases, a lot of budget edition releases and maybe also a $149 bundle with Balance Board that would make it THE women's 2nd favourite toy, should be able to keep it alive and kicking as entry level model for many years, just like it's happening to Sony PS2.

No, you're wrong, and a lot of other people in this thread have already tried to sensibly explain to you why that is. I'm not going to bother anymore if you just don't want to see logic. If you honestly do not understand a console needs as broad a library as possible, instead of limiting itself to a specific type of game you're beyond help.

In your world, 360 would have just Halo and GTA, and PS3 just GTA and, well, GT5, maybe. Nothing else, 'cos that wouldn't sell consoles.

Once again, you're hilarious. XD

His conclusion is wrong, but not his reasoning. The game don't sell as well as a lot of the other games, and are not system sellers.

Doesn't mean Nintendo wasted making them, just that they shouldn't have used them as big guns.

Yes, I get that. But he literally called such titles (including Galaxy, which happens to be a near-10-million-seller, how many games can claim that?) 'wastes'.

Also, he's claiming SS is a waste, a title we know hardly anything about and which may not release for another year. How awkward is that, especially considering TP, its predecessor, is one of the best-selling Zelda games ever, and was without a shred of doubt a system seller when Wii launched. And you and I both know there are a LOT of people clamouring for a new console Zelda, let alone a 1:1 motion controlled one.

So, in conclusion, those things do indeed make him wrong. And very much so.

Wii win at casual & non-gamers market

Xbox360 win at FPS & TPS gamers market

PS3 win at most Hi-end video gamers market