Really?  First of all any level of difference in the NES / It's contemporaries was far less then what we see now.  Secondly,  (NES lasted from Late 1985 to Late 1991 in North America and   Thirdly of all who was the NES's technlogically superior opponents?

If it was a comment about the X360 instead of the PS2, one would get a three months ban at the very least. Sad.

You do know everyone can edit and wright wikipedia right? It has'nt sold 140M consoles, but shipped. It's clearly obvious that the wii will sell more IF Nintendo doesn't kill it's console early, and why would they do that anyway?

The Amiga and other game-centric PC's were believed to be the future for gaming at that time. They were vastly superior in technology to the NES. Even the other consoles were technologically well ahead of the NES, here's the comparison from wiki:

Comparison

Name	NES/Famicom	PV-1000	Super Cassette Vision	Supergame VG 3000	Sega Master System	Atari 7800
Console
Launch prices	¥14,800 US$199.99 CA$240	$139.99	N/A	n/a	¥24,200 US$199.99	US$140.00
Release date	JP July 15, 1983 US October 18, 1985	NA October 1983 CA February 1986 EU 1986 EU / AUS 1987	NA 1984	JP 1985	JP 1985 NA June 1986 EU 1987	NA June 1986 EU 1987
Media	Cartridge and floppy disk (Japan only)	Cartridge	Cartridge	Cartridge	Cartridge and data card	Cartridge
Top-selling games	Super Mario Bros. (pack-in), 40.23 million (as of 1999)[4] Super Mario Bros. 3, 18 million(as of May 21, 2003)[5]	N/A	N/A	N/A	Unknown	Unknown
Backward compatibility	None	None	Epoch Cassette Vision	None	Sega SG-1000 (Japanese system only)	Atari 2600
Accessories (retail)	Famicom Disk System NES Advantage NES Satellite NES Zapper Power Glove Power Pad R.O.B. More...	N/A	N/A	N/A	Light Phaser Sega 3-D Glasses Sega Control Stick Sega Sports Pad Rapid-Fire controller	XG-1
CPU	Ricoh 2A03 (based on MOS Technology 6502 1.79 MHz (1.66 MHz PAL)	D780C-1 (Z80A) 3.579 MHz	PD7801G 4 MHz	6507 1.19 MHz	NEC 780C (Zilog Z80 clone) 3.57 MHz (3.54 MHz PAL)	Custom, 6502C (based on MOS Technology 6502) 1.79 MHz
Memory	2 KB main RAM 2 KB video RAM 256 bytes sprite RAM 28 bytes palette RAM	2 KB + 1 KB (character generator)	128 Bytes	128 bytes	8 KB main RAM 16 KB video RAM	4 KB main RAM
Video	64 sprites (8 per scanline) 256x240 resolution 13 simultaneous colors 53 color palette	8 colors	16 colors	128 colors (16 colors with 8 intensity levels each)	64 sprites (8 per scanline) 256x240 resolution 32 simultaneous colors 64 color palette	Unlimited sprites 320x200 resolution 25 simultaneous colors 256 color palette
Audio	Mono audio with: Two triangle waves One square wave One noise generator One DPCM channel One FM synthesizer (Famicom Disk system, Japan only)		Mono audio with: One tone generator One noise generator One 1-Bit PCM	Mono	Mono audio with: Three square waves One noise generator 9-channel, 2-operator FM synthesizer (Japan only)	Mono audio with: Two square waves

I keep hearing people saying that the Wii will hit a wall after a while because of the technology behind it (this has been said from the beginning the litle white box came out) , this a a fallacy, when will you people realize that the game industry is not a technology but about entertainment, if what you believe is true shouldn't the PS3 and 360 be outselling the Wii?

Yet i see the console with the "out of date technology" (as so many gamers call it) smacking the dust off the other to technologically advanced systems. Funny thing is the Wii also has the largest breadth of games (genre wise) compared to the other systems, i think that plays a lot more importance, and as this gen comes to an end a lot of you will realize it. I think the Wii will outsell the PS2 sales wise, it has already done it profit wise, and i think Nintendo finds that a lot more important.

Demotruk said: Rpruett said: Demotruk said: Rpruett said: Demotruk said: Your problem is that you're projecting your own values onto the general populace, when in truth the general populace simply doesn't share your values, as shown by the fact that many consoles with poor graphics compared to their contemporaries have won generations and continued to sell for years after. Contemporaries have never delved into the age of hardware the Wii has.  It's uncharted territory.     What? The NES was way below it's contemporaries. What's different now? Really?  First of all any level of difference in the NES / It's contemporaries was far less then what we see now.  Secondly,  (NES lasted from Late 1985 to Late 1991 in North America and   Thirdly of all who was the NES's technlogically superior opponents?     The Amiga and other game-centric PC's were believed to be the future for gaming at that time. They were vastly superior in technology to the NES. Even the other consoles were technologically well ahead of the NES, here's the comparison from wiki:   Comparison Name NES/Famicom PV-1000 Super Cassette Vision Supergame VG 3000 Sega Master System Atari 7800 Console Launch prices ¥14,800 US$199.99 CA$240 $139.99 N/A n/a ¥24,200 US$199.99 US$140.00 Release date JP July 15, 1983 US October 18, 1985 NA October 1983 CA February 1986 EU 1986 EU / AUS 1987 NA 1984 JP 1985 JP 1985 NA June 1986 EU 1987 NA June 1986 EU 1987 Media Cartridge and floppy disk (Japan only) Cartridge Cartridge Cartridge Cartridge and data card Cartridge Top-selling games Super Mario Bros. (pack-in), 40.23 million (as of 1999)[4] Super Mario Bros. 3, 18 million(as of May 21, 2003)[5] N/A N/A N/A Unknown Unknown Backward compatibility None None Epoch Cassette Vision None Sega SG-1000 (Japanese system only) Atari 2600 Accessories (retail) Famicom Disk System NES Advantage NES Satellite NES Zapper Power Glove Power Pad R.O.B. More... N/A N/A N/A Light Phaser Sega 3-D Glasses Sega Control Stick Sega Sports Pad Rapid-Fire controller XG-1 CPU Ricoh 2A03 (based on MOS Technology 6502 1.79 MHz (1.66 MHz PAL) D780C-1 (Z80A) 3.579 MHz PD7801G 4 MHz 6507 1.19 MHz NEC 780C (Zilog Z80 clone) 3.57 MHz (3.54 MHz PAL) Custom, 6502C (based on MOS Technology 6502) 1.79 MHz Memory 2 KB main RAM 2 KB video RAM 256 bytes sprite RAM 28 bytes palette RAM 2 KB + 1 KB (character generator) 128 Bytes 128 bytes 8 KB main RAM 16 KB video RAM 4 KB main RAM Video 64 sprites (8 per scanline) 256x240 resolution 13 simultaneous colors 53 color palette 8 colors 16 colors 128 colors (16 colors with 8 intensity levels each) 64 sprites (8 per scanline) 256x240 resolution 32 simultaneous colors 64 color palette Unlimited sprites 320x200 resolution 25 simultaneous colors 256 color palette Audio Mono audio with: Two triangle waves One square wave One noise generator One DPCM channel One FM synthesizer (Famicom Disk system, Japan only) Mono audio with: One tone generator One noise generator One 1-Bit PCM Mono Mono audio with: Three square waves One noise generator 9-channel, 2-operator FM synthesizer (Japan only) Mono audio with: Two square waves

Practically all in that list don't even technically fall into the same generation and/or all of them represent a drastic failure of a system for many more ways than the graphics.  Nintendo had unparalleled software dominance by forcing timed exclusivity contracts.  Otherwise, companies probably would have made games for these other systems.  As such it held on longer than it should have most likely.    Which is a stark contrast to today.  In fact it's almost completely opposite.   Most outside third party companies are giving their support to the HD consoles with new IPs, etc.

Sony and Microsoft provide actual competition (Something that NES didn't face until Sega Genesis came out.)  Which is really a more comparable example.   NES versus a console a generation ahead in terms of hardware.  Mind you,  shortly thereafter Nintendo released the SNES.

even if Wii sells less, it will be a more proftiable system. that is equally important in winning the gen. as it means nintendo can keep on doing their 'thing'!

I think this is a case of someone from Sony misspeaking (subsequent comments clarified it) ... but the citation took on a life of its own because of the Internet.

The high sales figure matched some people's perceptions ... so it stuck, even though it was a 10M unit misstatement.

Mike from Morgantown