yes, the wii doesn't matter, it's like the leapster learning system, full of crappy games, and help people learn :/

 What does the wii being a leapster learning system have to do with this thread?

the console war matters to all the fanboys out there and they fuel the war.

Any virtual war is better than a real war.

Along with what several other posters have said, i think no, it doesn't matter. As long as the gap isn't as large as it was last generation. In that situation people were left with Gamecubes and virtually no games to buy for the last couple of years of the console cycle. I think this generation has already shown that the difference between the three consoles is bound to be less and hence the distribution of games should be a little more uniform.

"yes, the wii doesn't matter, it's like the leapster learning system, full of crappy games, and help people learn :/"

As sc94597 said, relevance to thread? And as for the Wii "not mattering", we will see.

 We've seen far worse from industry analysts this cycle. I think he was pretty even-handed with the 360, though others have pointed out that his numbers were based on shipped to retailers, rather than sold to consumers, which is what we track here. The 360 actually sold more units to consumers in 2007 than it did in 2006. This also means that the 360 didn't actually sell 10 million units in 2006, though.

2007 may very well have been the peak year for 360. Even if 2008 software releases rival 2007 in terms of quality, the gulf between the 360's library and those of the Wii and PS3 is almost certain to narrow. It's too soon to call, but it's a plausible prediction.

For the most part, it effects the companies most. They create this to try and sell systems, and they want to be top dog for more money. It doesn't effect us beyond third party games (as the 2nd poster said).