The recent news has sparked a lot of criticism of Nintendo recently, and for good reason. They did after all renege on their promise of DVD play-back and open-storage capabilities. However, the fact is that the Wii represents the console incarnation of the DS. The DS, despite Nintendo's domination, was suppose to go the route of the 64 in the face of the PSP's advanced tech. Like the PSone, the PSP had media capabilities, a new disc format, and supposedly would get more software support. Yet, this time around it crumpled and the DS dominated. Thats because the strategy of innovation and simplicity is a winning one in today's gaming market. The Wii, while certainly not as rosy as it was a few days ago, is still gonna dominate this generation by leaps and bounds. First lets clear up some myths:
*The Wii does not have Gamecube graphics, it has about 2-4x as much power as the Gamecube, and 1.5x as much as the original Xbox. It is not using outdated technology, its developing new tech designed to work with the new control software and hardware.
*The Wii will not only have free online, but it will be infinitely more integrated than the DS online. With a single friend code for all games (or gamertag to compare to Live.)
*Nintendo is taking a chunk out of their royalities to ensure that games stay at $50, instead of $60 for new releases and $70 for mega-titles.
Now that those common misconceptions have been cleared up, it should be worth noting that the game graphics for the Wii will be advanced enough to compete with the original Xbox and when coupled with the new control scheme will be a much more indepth experience that either the 360 or PS3. If there are three kiosks in a Gamespot, and all three have Madden 2007, and all three have graphics more powerful than the last generation, you are going to try out the one where you can throw the damn football. Its gonna be a year, two at most, before the Wii starts outselling the PS3 and 360 combined. People wanna say PSWii and Wii60, but the fact is that kind of mentality will only last in the first few months and launch windows. By the time people get a chance to compare the functionability (and realize graphic differences will be even less noticable than the PS2-Xbox gap) then there is only going to be one compeititor. The Lemmings and Cows tried to pair off with the Sheep because of the huge E3 victory Nintendo pulled off (10 hour lines = victory, yes.) But the fact is that the Wii is going to become the PS2 of this generation, and the Xbox 360 and PS3 are going to remain the scope of the niche gamer who playes the occasional good game like Gears of War or Assassin's Creed. The war is about to begin, and you guys are gonna get Wii-Dominated. Alunanite
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