steverhcp02 pretty much sums it up for me too. Yeah, I pretty much don't like the Wii, but I'm not oblivious to the fact that it will sell well, because it caters to a much wider audience.

However: "If you're still calling Wii a "novelty device," despite its already-proven library of games, you clearly need to take off the goggles and reassess your position as an objective journalist."

To that I say, what proven library? Mario and Zelda? If the Wii has a good enough library to warrant its' purchase, then by now the PS3 should be crushing it, and the 360 should be dominating the world

There's a much higher chance the wii will be in 1st place than there is for it to be in 3rd place.

At present time the wii is at 1st.

@Don

The ps3 came out a year after the X360 wtf do you expect?

All in all I think Matt's blog is more balanced. I don't know how Don expects the 360 to come out on top if it only does very well in America.

 nah im pretty sure my comment is the proper way to dsicuss my feelings. Its not fo rme, i despise it, but im not going to sit here and act matter of factly about my opinion...im not oblivious to the sales or the appeal to many more people than myself.

@TheBigFatJ: If your girl likes Viva Pinata, how about DS then? VP is coming for the DS sometime.

@Topic: I have to check those blogs.

One more quick thought

The person at Screen Digest who made the comments to the Economist -- Piers Harding-Rolls -- is known for being in the tank for Sony. This came to me from a friend, who happens to own an independent video game store so he tracks this stuff for his livelihood. And he immediately discounted the report.

(Speaking of the report, does anyone know if the Year indicator on the graph is beginning, middle or end of year. That would make a difference in interpretation).

Mike from Morgantown

Has anyone ever thought how happy Ninty's accountants must be. I can imagine them, and reggie, iwata et al just having money fights all day and.

 lol i remember at E3 when Reggie was demonstrating th ebalance board he made a comment about his weight and asked if he should remove his wallet.......i thought "man youre full of it......but its so so true"

We grabbed a DS-lite recently, but Viva Pinata isn't out for it now. Last week she probably got ~40 hours in with the game, and she still wants more.  I'm reasonably convinced that she'll have seen enough in another 40 hours, which makes it a pretty weak reason to get a 360.  But until she gets that time in, she'll continue to really want one.

That said, we're gonna have a huge pile of DS games shortly -- New Super Mario Brothers, Zelda: PH, Simcity, Elite Beat Agents, Brain Age, Big Brain Academy, Super Princess Peach, and a few others.  That, and the fact that we're still only half done with Super Mario Galaxy and less than half done with Zack & Wiki suggest that we have plenty of gaming to keep us busy for a long time.

Plus, Brawl is due out soon. That's going to be insane.

Unless the numbers get adjusted for both November and December, it looks like he'll win.  If that's the case, I believe we agreed to a gentleman's wager which just includes changing the losers sig to declare the victor for three months or so.  I'll have to go back and double check the terms, but that's the gist.

 This is the kind of ridiculous fanboy nonsense Matt was making fun of.

I don't think the Playstation brand will be enough to keep games coming to it for the entire generation. The fact that it is actually selling hardware and software at a decent pace will keep the new titles coming in though. Probably not as many huge blockbusters as it seemed would happen at the begining of the generation (no it won't lose any but it won't gain a ton either), but definatly some good titles.