BIG News you geniuses: NINTENDO is wining because its CHEAP, and guess what most of the world is poor, thats why last year PS2 outsold most of new gen consoles, heck in South America PSone is still a popular console..

So yea.. Nintendo is selling more because of it´s cheapness, but If you can afford a PS3 or a 360 + a HD tv + broadband, the Wii is pretty much out of the picture.

Thats exactly the sell point for the PS3 in my case, It has a international flavour. Xbox its mostly an American console, not that a non american wont have fun with it, but its just to American Halo, Bioshock, Gears of Wars.. I mean its like chuck norris and a 80s b-action movie director is behind the "art" team for those.

No disrispect it just doesnt work for many people outside U.S. just as manga and japanese RPG wont work the same in the U.S.

My 2 cent

This generation is not going to be so much about exclusive titles, there is not such a sales winner like the ps2 was (more than 100 million units sold). The technollogy betewn 360 and PS3 is not that incompatible, so ther´s no expense in porting. Why would you limit your market share other than beeing owned either by Microsoft or Sony.

Im a proud cow, yet i dont give a rat ass if FFXIII is realeased in the 360. I do think online game-services, convergence and overall quality, marketing and costumer satisfaction would be far more important than exclusives.

I borrowed this for another website:

"Under the lastest poling and sale result Wii is down to less then 1/3 in sale.
Under pole people found Wii's game are too expensive for it's volume.
Most user found Wii games are similar to last gen system and the volume is small,
but Nintendo are charging the game with same price tag as high end games on 360/PS3.

On top Korea and a number of Asia countries already released replica of Wii.
The replica maker are able to sell Wii at $200 still making profit.
The replica version plays all official, backups and even games loaded from flash media.

Even though most stores in Japan are saying they don't have new Wii.
Th fact is Wii's sale is down to below 20k a week, and 2nd hand market for wii is horrible.
2nd hand PS3 especially 60GB version is tagged in par with new PS3 in discount stores.
When 2nd hand Wii are priced at $100 off the discount store price."

It´s really not that surprising, we all know what a good marketing campaing can do: sell over priced, over hyped products to consumers. Games like Call of Duty, Assesins Creed, Gears of Wars etc.. are the big blockbusters and sooner than later no funky Wii control is going to save it of going down.

Yet nintendo should stop ripping of consumers with refubrished last gen hardware and software with next gen prices before is to late.