"How often do people rave on about how innovate the DS is with it's unique pen drawing games? Not too often these days"
And yet the DS continues to sell like hotcakes, and pen based games continue to be developed for it.
Just because people have stopped reporting on how amazing and innovative something is doesn't mean they've stopped liking it.
"The bad thing the Wii has going for it is that most gamers are lazy,"
Which is why light gun games and dance dance revolution are so unpopular, right? :-)
Also the Wii is intended to transcend the hardcore gamer audience and reach the non-lazy casual and non-gamer markets. Which it seems to be doing quite well.
And it's not as simple as releasing a similar controller for other consoles. The 360 has a huge userbase. They'd have to have some kind of killer app everyone wanted and package the controller with it to get the kind of userbase they'd need to entice developers to make games for the controller. The Wii packs it in with every system. And Sony is far too expensive to attract casual gamers.
Consider this. The Wii after just over a week since their release already has 10% of the console market. IN A WEEK.
By this christmas they plan to have shipped 4 million units. If they do that they will then have taken 50% of the console market, in just a little over a MONTH.
You think the Wii will go away? I think the Wii is potentially on track to win this console war. The 360 won't go down without a fight though.
Oh and my nintendo stock is back up to 28.80 and I have made $411 so far since I bought it two weeks before the launch. Wii paid for itself and then some. Let's see the 360 or PS3 do that. :-)
And yet the DS continues to sell like hotcakes, and pen based games continue to be developed for it.
Just because people have stopped reporting on how amazing and innovative something is doesn't mean they've stopped liking it.
"The bad thing the Wii has going for it is that most gamers are lazy,"
Which is why light gun games and dance dance revolution are so unpopular, right? :-)
Also the Wii is intended to transcend the hardcore gamer audience and reach the non-lazy casual and non-gamer markets. Which it seems to be doing quite well.
And it's not as simple as releasing a similar controller for other consoles. The 360 has a huge userbase. They'd have to have some kind of killer app everyone wanted and package the controller with it to get the kind of userbase they'd need to entice developers to make games for the controller. The Wii packs it in with every system. And Sony is far too expensive to attract casual gamers.
Consider this. The Wii after just over a week since their release already has 10% of the console market. IN A WEEK.
By this christmas they plan to have shipped 4 million units. If they do that they will then have taken 50% of the console market, in just a little over a MONTH.
You think the Wii will go away? I think the Wii is potentially on track to win this console war. The 360 won't go down without a fight though.
Oh and my nintendo stock is back up to 28.80 and I have made $411 so far since I bought it two weeks before the launch. Wii paid for itself and then some. Let's see the 360 or PS3 do that. :-)