[QUOTE="jedigemini"][QUOTE="PaintballinDude"][QUOTE="jedigemini"] Myth #1: "In a year 360 and PS3 graphics will be so good that they will leave the Wii in the dust and nobody will care about the Wii!!!!"
Reality: If anything, it's the games that come out early in a consoles lifecycle that have the most "wow factor". Examples: Mario 64 for the N64, Metroid Prime for the GC, Halo for the Xbox, Gears of War for the 360. Sure, graphics get progressivley better throughout a consoles lifespan, but its the first batch of games that have the most "omg I must buy this new console" factor, because they are the first games on the respective console to make the next-gen leap. So if games with graphics like Motorstorm and Gears of War cant tear people away from the Wii now -- they never will.
Couple this with the fact that the kind of crowd the Wii caters to is comprised of non-gamers and casuals (people who don't particularly care), the fact that in a couple of years 360 and PS3 graphics will be dated by PC standards anyway, and the fact that every Wii game seen so far was rushed to the market on a GC dev kit and they have a lot of room to improve as well -
-- and what your left with is an argument poked so full of holes it might as well be a piece of swiss cheese.
Myth #2: "The Wii will magically stop selling because it's just a fad like Tickle me Elmo!!!"
Reality: The is no precendent for line of thinking. The Wii is nothing like Tickle me Elmo in that Tickle me Elmo is a singular product with no lifespan beyond its purchase: you buy it, you, own it, and that's it. The Wii on the other hand is a console -- something with a new games, developments, and incentives to buy it. A consoles success is something that has a snowball effect, whereas; overtime, as it becomes more successful, the console recieves more support, is given more games, and customers are given more incentive to purchase it -- not less.
The Wii is the fastest selling console of all time, a cultural phenom -- it took everybody by surprise, and now developers have been left scrambling as they are making their next gen efforts more Wii-focussed. Have you noticed all of the Wii game announcements in recent weeks? Get used to it -- this is just the tip of the iceburg.
Nintendo got smart, their consoles success no longer depends on the dwindling interest of their fanbase -- they have introduced the console to a market that will never tap out -- non-gamers, who make up the overwhelming majority of the world -- and that basic principal is why the Wii will never stop selling.
Wii purchasers may eventually get tired of the Wii and Wii sports,but the point is that because of the sweeping market that Nintendo is going after, Nintendo will never run out of potential Wii purchasers.
Myths busted.
PaintballinDude
Myth: Mythbusters Can read the future. Busted Myth: Wii doesnt need better graphics Busted Myth: TC is not a wii fan boy Busted Seirously if you need someone from A&E or G4 to back your system up. Good luck :lol:Reality: The Wii is kicking the ever loving snot out of its competitors.
Your fanboy delusions: :"but... but in teh future it wont!" :cry:
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