I fixed your post, there was a disturbing lack of =)=)=)=)

But honestly, Wii will have the total sales, and the profit (both bigger than Ps2). It will not have the same market share.

And your point is......?  I don't see how that statement is relevant to the OP.

Not with the crappy outlook that third parties have for the Wii. I don't understand them. really i don't, its like they view Nintendo the same way a group of bullies picture the smelly kid in the corner. Don't get to chummy with him or you will be chastized.

 Well, only Sony could make the "next PS2" just because they own the trademarks and copyrights etc. I don't think that Nintendo or Microsoft could possibly sell the next PS2 without possibly having all their money stolen in a lawsuit. But in saying that, The PS2 couldn't be the next Wii could it?

The Wii will not have third party games in droves like the ps2 did so no, the Wii is not the next ps2.

Your right, the wii is its own console, and not the ps2. It won't dominate the market in the same way the ps2 did, but if current trends stay the same it will sure outsell the ps2. Oh and it will get close to the same amount of Japanese 3rd party support, just not the western support, which is fine, since Nintendo's first parties make up for it.

Why be the next PS2 when you can be the next NES?

PS2 grew Sony's market share but didn't grow their profits or their influence on the industry. Its trojan horse living room takeover plan was a failure. From a historical viewpoint, it didn't do anything the PS1 hadn't already done, except sell more units and reach a higher marketshare.

We only pretend NES had PS2-like marketshare. The Commodore 64 sold 30M units. It's heyday was before the NES, but it shows you how big the computer gaming market was at the time. But NES created massive growth and profits for Nintendo and remade the gaming market in it's image.

I'll let you figure out how this relates to Wii.

@erik^^

haha nice post
never thought about it that way
:)

Thus, the problem of the Sony fanboy.  PS3 will likely never see $199.  Production efficiency is easy at first and then becomes quite difficult.  So you generally see large price drops on products for the first couple of years followed by smaller price drops later.  So, you expect that the $100 price drop the PS3 got in it's first year to carry over each year after that.  And that is extremely unlikley. 

What we know if Sony has to at least get to break even at somepoint in the PS3 lifetime on console sales so they can profit through the software sales instead of cut into the losses of the PS3.  Early estimates pegged the PS3 as costing $800 initially.  It still has to cost at least $475 for the 40 gig due to the huge losses in the last Sony financials.  If Microsoft/Sony is aggressive with pricing, this is the absolute quickest that it will drop. 

All time periods Christmas

2008 - $349 for 40 gig

2009 - $300 for 40 gig

2010 - $250 for 40 gig

2011 - $200 for 40 gig

This is 5 years after the 360 launch.  So Microsoft will most likely have the 720 out.  And I highly doubt that Sony or Microsoft will drop price this year (since the Pro is a replacement drop) which means that everything will get pushed back one year.  Six years into the consoles life, people have already decided that it is dead.  Look at the Gamecube.  I mean I saw it on sale for $50 at the end of its life.  But people still didn't care because all of the perceived problems that it had.  I mean Sony has sure had its share with the PS3. 

Shut up fanboy.
The PS2 was no Snes or NES for that matter so.....:P