Anyone else think the Wii is going to explode (if it hasn't already)?

Wii is only going to widen the gap from here on out, and here's why. It's all about the INSTALLATION BASE! If there's a golden rule that most developers follow, it's that you primarily develop for the console with the biggest installation base. And the Wii is absolutely trouncing the competition right now. You add in the fact that it costs less that half the money to make a Wii game, and I expect developers are going to go wild on this thing. And low development costs definitely play a factor as I've never seen so many people allocate so much of themselves to NDS and PSP development. I've never seen portable gaming so popular.

And developers are JUST NOW starting to shift gears over to Wii development, so I expect the Wii library to explode in the next 1 or 2 years. And yes, it is all about quantity. The console with the biggest library also always has the best library. People might not believe me, I firmly believe that Wii will at least share or take away the JRPG crown away from Sony. No, they're not going to have the next FF, but one game isn't going to determine who wears the JRPG crown. I just hope Nintendo doesn't do anything stupid and restrict 3rd party development in anyway. It's going to be awsome when the most anticipated Wii games in the coming years will not be made by Nintendo.

Now let me say that I do believe there is room for all 3 system. I mean C'mon, you don't think giants like Sony or MS is going to exit the console world anytime soon do you? And yes, I do want a console that pushes the boundary of cutting-edge graphics. But at the end of the day, I expect Wii to widen the lead it has over the next few years. Heck, they're the only ones that actually profit from selling a Wii! That's just not fair; lower the price dammit! :P

Well, that could ruin my day, since its in the middle of my house in my living room. I dont have that kind of insuranc but I do have a 1 year warranty

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Yeah devs will obviously flock to the wii. the question is rather or not they're gonna take the wii seriously... or do what capcom is doing and use the profits from the wii to make better 360/PS3 games...

Well, that could ruin my day, since its in the middle of my house in my living room. I dont have that kind of insuranc but I do have a 1 year warranty

TalesofRaGnArOk

You mean if the Wii exploded....literaly? LOL, that would be pretty crazy.

Just port Crysis onto the Wii, and it will melt before your eyes.

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Yeah devs will obviously flock to the wii. the question is rather or not they're gonna take the wii seriously... or do what capcom is doing and use the profits from the wii to make better 360/PS3 games...

Silenthps

It's not Capcom, it's Ubisoft.

The Wii has a bomb in it? :shock:myster_samz

Yes. It does. Don't upset Reggie, he has control over all of the bombs on the Wii's. You don't want to upset him...do you? :twisted:

I thought you meant that it will explode literally since its always in stand-by mode :o

My wii is always hot as hell. I unplug it from the wall when I dont play for a long time, because Im afraid of it melting down.

IF Wii continues to sell strong through this christamass I'd say your probably right. And I'm guessing many many people will buy the Wii just for Galaxy.

I think the wii will get impressive dev support even if sales drop off (because of devcosts and perhaps dev curiousity in the tech). Honestly, I didn't expect it to have all this casual appeal. When I bought the thing I thought it would be about as popular as the gc was. I just wanted a different experience with gaming, and I've always loved nintendo's first party franchises. I went through periodic spurts of regret at not getting one of the other two consoles. I am gettinghappier with mypurchase every day though.