on the wii being a gamecube...theres a bit more in there that just GC hardware in fairness. the design is the same as a GCs but it has had extra ram and faster parts added accross the board. to call it just a GC is uderselling it. also factor in the added stuff the GC never had..like built in wireless (a 90 euro addon for the 360), built in flash memory, the SD card reader, a far more sophisticated OS and all that other little stuff and it mounts up. then theres the controllers themselves. the wii also comes with a game (quite a good one too). neither the PS3 or the 360 do that as standard. i not saying that nintendo are struggeling to make a profit from each unit sold or anything..they certainly are making a profit and a tidy one at that.but i dont think there completly taking the piss with the price...i think its fair for what ure getting.
i do wish they added a bit more umph to it in the CPU department....and a bit more ram....it would have really hit the sweet spot then imho. but anyway.
on online....there slowly getting better. mario kart has a great online system. the only thing it really lacks (and it is a big issue) is coms..if it had that then we would be sorted. thankfully coms is a very easy fix for the wii. its just a case of nintendo getting the foot out.
on 3rd parties. they will never ever out bid sony or MS on big titles...ever. despite all the money there making...ninty are still a relatively small company. if sony want to deny ninty the next metal gear or the enxt big FF title then it will be denied. theres no point in nintendo even trying to go after those titles..they dont have the clout.
what we are beginning to see on wii though is some great stuff or potentially great stuff from smaller devs or lesser known teams in big companies...new guys trying to make a name for themselves. titles like losts winds on wiiware, deadly creatures, mad world, no more heros, boom blox and so on. titles that just arent feasible on a PS3 or 360 due to cost. ninty have also been working alot better with 3rd parties compared to the N64 days.
on the first party front...i think ninty have done all they could so far. they have released alot of the big guns already (a metroid, mario and zelda in the space of 1 year is unheard of). 3rd parties need to do better though. were starting to see some interesting stuff pop up and hopefully we hear more at e3 and other conventions throughout the year. on the 3rd party side, i think we can forget about getting the established big games on wii though (which is why its great to have more than 1 platform :D). the wii disgusts epic...they wont touch it. crytek are playign around with it but i dont expect it will turn into a product, square are set on the next big FF being on the PS3 and R* dont seem to be remotely interested in a GTA for wii...just PS2 ports. i think we will see alot more "out there" games on wii from 3rd parties in the future though. games that just wouldnt work on a PS3 or 360.
i think ure being a bit too harsh TC. yes things need to improve on the 3rd party and online front..absolutely and i do hope that they will show some more stuff for all markets at E3...not just focus on a new wii___ title. but so far i think nintendo have done a very comendable job with the wii so far. their own titles are mostly of a very high quality (even wii fit is good for what it is) and their relatiosn with 3rd party devs are much much better than during the N64 and early GC days.
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