Aside from the console name, I really think Nintendo is doing a better job on presenting their new console this time around. Their whole strategy seems more full proof, and it's starting to make sense alot more now. To stay in business Nintendo realised they can't afford to be in direct competition with the other big two, so they changed plans and went all innovative. Innovative gameplay and hardware is a hard enough a sell to people that read into these things, but how do you convince the general public who has no intention of going and reading up on this stuff? Well if you're Nintendo, you take advantage of the portable gaming market ver which you have largely full dominance. Here is Nintendo's chance to make a new system which will be innovative, yet compelling. In other words, the DS. Now with the DS's success, Nintendo has somewhat of a credibility and a reputation for making innovative hardware. I'm sure that those who have played and enjoyed the DS, will be much more accepting of the radical and perhaps at first glance uninviting, concept of the console Wii.
Pretty much everyone who has played both the DS and the PSP seems to at this point preffer Nintendo's offering, and now with the introduction of the DS Lite, it's popularity will almost certainly, only grow. I can see this being a case of Macintosh and the iPod. Macintosh has a wildly popular product, and they use it's popularity to attract consumers to its other poroducts. Seen the commercial for one of the iMacs that say's "from the creators of iPod"? Yeah, well it looks like something simmilar is gonna happen now with Nintendo.
Oh and although I may still be somewhat biassed against Xbox 360 because of my semi-Nintendo-fan-boy days and because its from Microsoft, I must admit I am alot more imporessed with the 360 than I though I'd be. They really seem to have a solid line-up of games and the whole points and profile thing they have looks like something I could get way into. Who knows, I just might end up getting one if they keep getting games like Oblivion and GRAW, and Lost Planet which just looks insanely cool.
This really is a strange time. I never expected to be so impressed by x360 or even the Wii. And PS3 was supposed to be mind blowing. Jeff made a very accurate observation when he said that now more than ever the future is in the air. There is no clear winner right now and only time will tell who is the real victor this time.