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Originally Posted by Pagnell
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Originally Posted by odhranus
then how come its sold more than the ps3?
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You will find Elvis Presley has sold more records than The Rolling Stones but it doesn't make him as good. |
The Rolling Stones are fantastic.. But so is Elvis... Anywho, back to business.
The Wii has a lot of potential, it's innovative, new and cheap... And it's very appealing to non-gamers, while the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 cleary only send the right messages to core gamers.
Calling the Wii last-gen is far from being right. From what spec's we have, it's clear that it boasts more horsepower than the original Xbox but it's nowhere near the other two new consoles. It's magic is in the controller, as everyone is aware of, and that controller really, really works... Making the Wii a fantastic console for alot of games.
The Nintendo Wii is, what you could call, a new generation. While the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 are next generation, simply because they, for the most part, do the same stuff as their younger brother's did... They just do it better now.
What console is going to top the sales charts in 5 years? No idea. The Wii is off to a great start and people are buying into this motion thing (because it works, and it's fun) and the Wii is a real non-gamer friendly piece of hardware. Due too some production difficulties we've so far only seen a limited amount of Playstation 3 units, so we'll probably see PS3 sales boost in the near future, since Sony say they have fixed this laser-diod problem thingy. Then again, Sony are the only ones to send a big "**** you!" to Europe this generation pre-sales of the PS3 are practicaly going like crap there. It seems Europeans have had just about enough, especially after getting fair treatment from both Microsoft and Nintendo, and just simply don't want the Playstation 3 anymore... However, this might be temporary.. Or just babbling.
The Wii might not have the raw power of it's counterparts, but it's got innovation and it's really cheap to develop for... Making it the perfect console for indie-developers and we are already seeing the Wii getting alot more 3rd party support than the Gamecube ever did. All 3 consoles look promising... What happens next however, remains unknown.