How should I know? That's for people that read more than 3 posts to the thread >:P

Personally I don't see it either of these ways - people are people and they are going to like what they like and not like what they don't like.

Nintendo and the Wii is always going to cause some people to move to anger.  To them, they see the philosophies of the console and 'everyone can play' to be a bane on their precious gaming market.

I for one haven't been playing Wii for some time now, it re-introduced me to gaming again this generation after I took a hiatus for a while but have since moved back to more meaty experiences on PC and PS3 (I also own an Xbox 360 these days but I don't play it at all).

As an industry analyst it is difficult to foretell what is going to happen in the year to come, especially since Microsoft and Sony are hitting hard with their Lifestyle type advertising... much talk of the Blue Ocean was made by Nintendo upon the Wii's release.  But the Ocean is red now and they're gunship is far underpowered of the HD consoles so where will they go from here?

Personally, I think Nintendo is going to ride out the Wii for one more year before launching its successor in 2012 which will throw a spanner in the works of M & S who want to extend this console life cycle to 10 years.  This may or may not end up forcing their hand to make a move onto their next console - though it depends on how much horsepower Nintendo feels it pertinant to include.  If it is simply an upgrade to the same level or perhaps a little more powerful than the PS3 and X360 then perhaps it will go head to head with those consoles for four years when the next next round of console come.

I fear for Nintendo because they have been taught by the Wii that 'being so different and out there is what saved Nintendo to number one' and thus I believe that they grow arrogant among their ideals and will possibly go far 'too far' oddball with the Wii's successor.

Perhaps this is the wrong thread for this...

Took longer than I expected.

Yes I think it is in the wrong thread but since you brought it up. I made a thread about how Nintendo will have the advantage next gen and thought the others would be smart to do what Nintendo did this gen. By releasing a new console but only a bit more powerful than the GC. That way they will release them at an affordable price from the start and make an income out of them instead of making a console that is 10 times or more powerful than the current gen and lose on them like they did this gen.

If they do this though I think Nintendo will be in trouble if they do not have something that is new and like the Wii was at the time it came out.

I hope they do not get arrogant as that cost them their number one spot the first time.

I don't think it's been hacked yet. That being said, I think hacking for the 3DS can end up being worse the

Looking at portables' tie ratios, I always thought they were all actually meant to run pirated SW!   

Since this has been proven false, I'm locking it. Let's not perpetuate false info.