Will Nintendo have the last laugh....

The Wii has outsold both the 360 and PS3 with sales topping 70 million units worldwide. Does this proove that Nintendo is king of the console realm? If not, how is the Wii so popular?

King of hardware sales maybe. They are already laughing... I don't think they care if they have the last one or not.

It'll be a nervous laughter while they watch out for what Apple has in store for them on the handheld front and maybe if Dance Central / Kinect will lessen their popular some.

I think so. I've played way more Wii games than 360 or PS3 games this gen.

I've played even more DS games than that too.

They had the last laugh a while ago.

It'll be a nervous laughter while they watch out for what Apple has in store for them on the handheld front and maybe if Dance Central / Kinect will lessen their popular some.

LovePotionNo9

once sony realizes the playstation was a joke all along... or microsoft realizes they didnt know what they were gettinmg into...

and nintendo stands alone THEN the last laugh can be had.... otherwise... its competition time 8)

No because as both Nintendo and Sony proved in the past. No one stays at the top in this industry for long.

I think the DS alone blows everything else away and Wii has sold pretty well.

They created a platform and software for people that don't usually like or play video games, there's more of them than us so its a lot more popular. Its certainly not its games that make it lead the sales.

These people don't buy the Wii for Zelda or Metroid, they never did before those are for the already initiated gamer. They buy it for Wii Fit/Sports and Just Dance. Mario crosses all divisions, he's like the pope or Mickey Mouse.

No because as both Nintendo and Sony proved in the past. No one stays at the top in this industry for long.

Shadow2k6

2 gens is a pretty long time though. That's a decade.

Nintendo will be laughing hard when the Wii sells 7 million again this year if it is possible.

Wii owners wont have the last laugh. Not with only SMG2.

They have been laughing ever since they lauched the Wii..and DS...and 3DS wehn it comes..

They will keep laughing for years to come.

It'll be a nervous laughter while they watch out for what Apple has in store for them on the handheld front and maybe if Dance Central / Kinect will lessen their popular some.

LovePotionNo9

Since kinect basically doesn't work, I kinda doubt it.

No because as both Nintendo and Sony proved in the past. No one stays at the top in this industry for long.

Shadow2k6

Not forever, no. Though Sony stood on top of the industry for about a decade and Nintendo stood on top for about a decade before them.

The Wii has outsold both the 360 and PS3 with sales topping 70 million units worldwide. Does this proove that Nintendo is king of the console realm? If not, how is the Wii so popular?

beau_x

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No because as both Nintendo and Sony proved in the past. No one stays at the top in this industry for long.

goblaa

2 gens is a pretty long time though. That's a decade.

You're all wrong - These guys will have the last laugh

The Wii has outsold both the 360 and PS3 with sales topping 70 million units worldwide. Does this proove that Nintendo is king of the console realm? If not, how is the Wii so popular?

beau_x

If Nintendo cared a great deal about directly competing with Sony and Microsoft, they could very well laugh last, but since they created a different platform, and went for a different audience, I don't think it applies.

For better or worse, Nintendo has struck a separate path, and if they laugh about anything, it's about being able to bring in a new audience first, before Sony and Microsoft tried it (speaking of casual, motion-control gaming).

King of hardware sales maybe. They are already laughing... I don't think they care if they have the last one or not.

foxhound_fox

hardware and software, Wii sports, wii fit, new super mario bros. wii ect.

best selling games this gen

i think nintendo needs a "next gen" console to really have the last laugh. i mean wii is cool, but time for an upgrade or a whole new start-from-scratch consolebrown_flame

[QUOTE="brown_flame"]i think nintendo needs a "next gen" console to really have the last laugh. i mean wii is cool, but time for an upgrade or a whole new start-from-scratch consoleda_chub

[QUOTE="da_chub"][QUOTE="brown_flame"]i think nintendo needs a "next gen" console to really have the last laugh. i mean wii is cool, but time for an upgrade or a whole new start-from-scratch consolebrown_flame

[QUOTE="brown_flame"][QUOTE="da_chub"] Do u not realize that all consoles are just trying to be a PC, and atleast Wii tried to take a step in gaming(motion controls) and even the other console makes see that because they about to realease their own. If anything, nintendo should be praised for being a great dev and innovator in the gaming world, not trashed on because they didnt make a wateredown pc console(xbox/ps)da_chub

I would still be just playing online PC games if it wasn't for the Wii. And now the 3DS beckons with more innovation.

If the next Nintendo console offers PC quality visuals and a control scheme that is as natural as KBM, with support from Valve then I might give up PC gaming for good. :-)

I wonder what type of controllers there will be on he next Nintendo console. Someone was telling me about how the classic controller pro is the best controller he's ever felt. Personally I haven't tried it yet but I like the 360's triggers.