Nintendo have devised, through the DS and Wii, the greatest peice of marketing genius since the new testament. In terms of units sold, marketshares and profits, nintendo have won this round of the console wars. The OP has a first hand account of the selling power the wii has.
Sure, the Wii isn't the most powerful console on the market, doesn't have the greatest games (suckness, i know), but it has a market share the size of my house and more and more people joining up every day. The coffers at ninty are swelling with the money they're making, especially after the failures with the N64 and GC. Do you actually need full HD on a game at this time? No, how many people do you know with a full HD tv? I know 3, the best tv i have is merely HD ready, which is fine with my wii. You don't need a dvd player because you can get them for £15, and lets not get started about hd-dvd or bluray. The internet service is suprisingly good for a first attempt
The reason i know the wii is winning, over anything else? Sony ditched their original PS3 controller and put it motion sensors. That my friend is the win, microsoft will do it with their next console, sony with theirs, and ninty will still be far ahead with their next controller.
The problems for the wii is that there arn't that many good games, a hangover from the poor third party development for consoles past. If that changes nintendo will have pulled themselves around in epic proportions.
And, at the end of the day, its all about money, something nintendo is making plenty of. More money for them equals more money to spend on R&D, and more fun for the gamers. What good is it to gamers when the company they use hasn't got enough money to do anything in the first place (sega).
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