I don't see how M$ could win. Halo 3 and GTA 4 couldn't take it over the top.

Nintendo. It's not just about price and it never was. You don't understand how many people were locked out by those damn 112 button controls. The average Wii buyer is a 28 yo male. If they wanted a PS3 they would have bought a PS3. I don't particularly want one if you fricking gave it to me because I would be trading FUN for FRUSTRATION.

Yes, I think they won this gen

Well, I don't think MGS4 has much of a chance of putting the PS3 on top.  It will no doubt outsell the Xbox360 that month, but the Wii is another matter.  Halo 3 only barely put the Xbox360 on top of the Wii last year, and this year, Nintendo has much more increased supply.  No doubt MS will have something up their sleeve to launch to compete with MGS4... like this Banjo-Kazooie thing.  When is that supposed to plunge onto store shelves? 

 There's also a disturbing matter I've heard from employees at some GameStop stores:  Preorders for MGS4 are extremely low.  Not even close to what GameStop had to deal with for Halo 3 or Super Smash Bros Brawl.  I think the vast majority of people who want MGS4 probably already have a PS3.  I'm sure it will sell well--the PS3 fanboys are even snatching up Haze and that got lackluster (even bad) reviews--but there are omens afoot.

Why do you think that Sony will suddenly become creative enough and understand the market enough to be a threat to the Wii. They have certainly showed no signs of any such ability so far.

But I'll throw you a bone. I'll concede that Sony could prevail if and only if they can hire Miyamoto as their head of design and Malstrom as head of marketing. Otherwise they're in a mismatch. Right now they are coming out of life support in part because there is always a market for anything that's the biggest and most powerful and extravagant available. Hell, they manage to sell Hummers don't they.

i considered the wii the winner when it hit 20 million before the other two well....neither the other two has hit it yet. but ive said first console to 20 millions wins 1st. what ruined it for sony was thinking that everyone that had a ps2 would want a ps3. teh problem with that is the ps3 itself is at launch 599. then you add in an HDTV and boom your easily over 1000 dollars and right now 1000 can do wonders for bills and not gaming machines. that is why the 360 is actually ahead in total sales but then again the other day a guy at work which is a die hard 360 fan (he owns 3 of them) told me that he was getting a wii and wiifit. its the appeal of wii and what it does that makes it such a success. you can have the most georgous graphics ever and it wont sell. nintendo already tried that with the gamecube and found out that isnt what people wants.

News Flash Xbox360 is cheaper than Wii in Europe!!!

Wooo, wacky inflatable flailing tube man.

So simple...and yet so correct

Thinking the Wii has lost, or has a chance to lose for that matter, is pure:

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At this point, the Wii could even sell more next year:

1. production will be 2.4 mil ALL months, not just starting in July, like this year

2. Brand new 1st party games topped with some interesting 3rd party announcements

Ps3, will no doubt sell great. I like it a lot. (just as much as my Wii.) But, the truth is truth:

1. selling better than Ps2 and Japan atm

Long term will be looking better for the Wii also. Larger userbase will equal more people to sell to. Also, Nintendo is said to increase the Wii's life to 10 years max. (no more, could be 2 years less.)

Wii won. period.

In terms of raw sales numbers, yes, the Wii has won.

But I have always seen this war as being between Sony and Microsoft.

If the Wii was genuinely competing on the same level as the PS360, why aren't the big third party developers flocking to the Wii?