I largely concur with what you just said, but I think they worry about having gameplay, too.  I really believe that a lot of developers this generation have been caught by surprise with the technical dev difficulties to the point their board ends up saying, "forget about doing playtest studies with people off the street, just ship the !@#$@# game when most of the bugs are ironed out... we're spending too much money!"  The problem is that reviews can crush a game... it isn't enough to get a high score in graphics and sound but bomb in playability.  Of course the reverse is true to some extent as well on the PS3/360.

Bungie/MS realized that flashy graphics alone in Halo 3 weren't going to get the kind of mega sells they were looking for, so they had a beta period where they brought in a lot of playtesters and then spent months refining the maps, etc.  But it took someone with pockets as deep as MS to pull it off.

I think the Wii has a big advantage concerning dev costs.  But so many publishers looked at this before launch and said, "no way this platform is going to succeed without high-def graphics, movie playback, big CPU/GPU, etc.".  Now many of them are scrambling to get a ticket on the Wii rocket.

I am seriously getting sick of people who don't know squat about retro video games getting on here and spouting their opinions as fact. The power glove was a piece of garbae, that is why it failed. If the Power Glove even remotely resembled the way the Wii played then it would have taken off and PAX/Mattel would be the industry leader.

Look at that, notice all those keys up there. Those were used to input codes for each and every game in the NES library released when the glove came out. In order to play with the glove you had to enter a huge code. Definately not user friendly. It "worked" for every game out there but only one game was made specifically for it the pack in game Super Glove Ball. Anyone who played that game knows that it wasn't necessarily terrible it just lacked polish but the controls worked. The problem really stems from the other 400 or so games that were supposedly compatible. None of them worked well and often times you ended up playing the games using the provided D-pad and two button configuration provvided, if you even played with the damn thing at all.

Watch this Video for emphasis:

Do you see any reason at all why you should play with this?

Further emphasis

Which one looks more fun?

EDIT: If you look in the picture frame in the backround you can see how what they "motion" actually translate to what they see on screen. Unlike th powerglove of course. 

Why would Sony change what they did? they just came of 2 straight 100 million selling consoles. The only problem they really made is making their console too expensive. But to answere your question what did they do to make it an improvement? Duh. Ever heard of Blu Ray? Once developers start taking advantage of the extra space (50gb compared to 9 gb for DVD's), they can make the games longer, add in more stuff, and generally make better games. Plus displaying them in 1080p at 60FPS in very impressive.

 your actaully wrong. A firmware update wont work because from what I have seen on a few Wii hacking sites the Wii uses Bluetooth 1.1 which has a much weaker signal then Bluetooth 2.0.

And when would you expect Developers to start taking advantage of the Blu-Ray when its much easier to developer for the 360 then just port the game to the PS3. No one wants do develop a game to the PS3's unique specs, it's a nightmare to develop for, it's expensive to develop considering the bleak returns in profit. And there are very few games that can run at 1080p at 60FPs on the PS3 without substantial frame rate drops or other cut corners.

Not that Blu Ray games are  50GB anyway (they are 25GB), the extra space doesn't make for longer or better games. The only thing the space is good for is pre rendered cut scenes, to me that is more likely to make the game worse not better.

The PS3 is not too far behind, but too far ahead. What really screwed Sony over was Blu-Ray. If they could have waited a year or two more, price would have dropped and developers would have been better prepared. If they had waitied, however, HD-DVD might have already won the format war.

It really can be blamed on Microsoft. I still think they played this perfectly. They forced the PS3 to release before its time, with high price point and no exceptional games, aside from Motorstorm and Resistance.

As well as Nintendo is doing right now, the PS3 launched with MGS4, GT5, Playstation Home and at a price between 299-399 would have been too much to deal with. It had the momentum, and the Wii would have never gotten the attention necessary to see how fun it is. Instead the PS3 was full of issues selling for $599 with familiar AAA game and no new game that really amazed people.

People still love incredible graphics, and I bet the best selling movies will still be the ones with the best effects. Sony just has had too much negative PR and they will need games that assert all their claims before they can get back to the old Sony. Uncharted and Ratchet are a start. Hopefully Haze, MGS4 can live up to the hype and Sony will be more judged because of their product and not really a chance because of past PR screw ups.

I for one love my PS3. I think any one who enjoys gaming/gadgets would love one too and the PS3 is still the best pair for any HDTV, worth 3x its selling price.
However, if any more major games dont live up tothe hype America will be lost for good this generation.

Doesn't matter. From what I know, seven devices is the limitation no matter it its BT 1.1 or 2.0. If you have contrary information, I'm definitely interested to read it.

This thread earned me my first ban, I guess it was just for 24 hours.
I must be more careful about sarcasm in the future.
I feel so dirty and a little violated.