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Originally Posted by hulk
You say such silly things sometimes, Las. Price plays a large part, yes, but the appeal of the console is due to far, far more than just dollars. It's unfortunate you think it overrated, especially as you're basing that off a tech demo given out for free, a gamecube port and the first attempt at a shooter on the console.
The system has been out for less than six months, worldwide. Great games aren't made in six months. Good and average games take longer than six months. Even most terrible games take longer than six months. With the sales this thing has seen, it's a fair bet to expect third-party support close to what the PS2 entertained.
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You somewhat contradicted yourself. You say that price isn't the only reason the Wii is selling so well, but then you say that we can't expect a lot out of it because it's new. So why is it selling so fast and still sold out at a lot of stores in the US? Because the poorest of folks can afford it and they simply cannot afford the PS3. I'll say it again: if the Wii was $600 and the PS3 was $250, the sales numbers would be completely reversed, fanboys would proclaim the Wii an abyssmal failure because the controls don't work in a large majority of its games, and Sony would be the hero with Resistance: Fall of Man for only $250.
The quality of the system is apparent due to games like Zelda that are out but the console simply does not deserve the amount of praise and sales it's getting. I won't say that Nintendo made a bad move and I won't say the Wii is doomed. All I'm saying is the Wii is slaughtering its competition because of its price, not because it's an amazing console.
If Sony doesn't want to alienate gamers more than it already has, it better kick its financial and operations management divisions into overdrive and figure out how to gain market share back from a console that costs less than the last generation.