Big Nintendo Wii update

@johnbaxter Sony? This is a Nintendo product!?! Nintendo != Sony

Wow 32gigs of storage. That will hold 4 maybe 5 ripped .mp4 movies? Not to mention a 32gig SD card cost the same, or more, as a 500gig notebook drive for my PS3. http://www.flash-memory-store.com/32gb-sdhc-qmemory-secure-digital.html?... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148371 Wii = great for Nintendo only kids games in a party setting. Oh and collecting dust between said parties. I will give it to Nintendo they are the masters of stirring the hype over the "short supply" of off the shelf parts.

I am sorry but I made the Wii is curently collecting dust, I bought it for my little bro and he never plays it. With xbox being so cheap now I have 4 in my house, my friends also have one, we have played with 13 xbox at the same time in the same house and it rocks. I just don't see why the Wii is selling, I bought a repleacement plan for it so hopefully it breaks and I can get my money back.

"They just sold 50 million consoles, and are this generations console winner." Wow you sound like Paul with his numbers. I wont deny they have sold more hardware. However "what" is this generation and what is not something easy to nail down. I dont think the Wii competes against the 360 or PS3, at least not directly. There are plenty of games that are just not on Wii that are PS3, 360 games and maybe PC. As a media center/extender the Wii is a loser. There is overlap but not much. If you have young kids and want a cheap game console with lots of kids games, little to NO MP gaming features, and dont care as much about HD gaming/media center abilities then the Wii is what you are looking for. If you have older kids/adults that like Teen-Mature games in HD, strong on the multi-player aspect, with good to very good HD/Media Center features then PS3/360. If you want a console that will heat up a room, sounds like a leaf blower and will fail 99% of the time....repeatedly, then the 360 is your only option:) Then there is the specific hardware vs all that is being sold. For example this link... http://www.gamingnexus.com/FullNews/February-2009-console-NPD-numbers/It... Shows that the PS2 is still selling strong in 2009. MS is lagging way behind in total hardware sales and Nintendo is way ahead of both.

What Nintendo lacks in graphical power, they possess in franchise power. I would by a wii over again just to get Zelda!

Sorry I dont see MS and Sony doing very much at all to enter the single player, E game market. There have been plenty of rumors about MS and Sony making a we-mote clone for a few years now, but none have come to be.

Ocean, I have to disagree with you because of the software attach rate. Microsoft hands down has beaten the Wii in software sales. 360 Attach Rate: 8.1% Wii Attach Rate: 5.5% Microsoft is selling an addtional 2.6% additional copies of games versus the Wii. In terms of third party games, Microsoft outsold the Wii to the tune of $300 Million. Wii has the hardware sales, I'll give you that. If the Console doesn't sell the games as highly, which make you more money in the long term, then the Wii isn't as profitable as the 360. The Xbox Marketplace is beating the other guys online services. Sony may have more members, but Microsoft is definitely making the cash off of them. So while Wii is still a popular fad, I'd have to say with the hardcore gamers and the most popular third party titles, Xbox 360 wins by a mile. Wii games are now available at drugstores at $19.99. Have they sold? No. People ignore it. Not interested in Wii software. I think that says a lot about the Wii.

Sub- I've heard this argument time and again. 1) "Hardcore Gamers" are not nearly as important as they think they are. 2) Simply, 50 million sales on ANY console is nothing to sneeze at. Eventually game designers will be forced to follow the money whether they like it or not. As far as a fad? sign me up for revenue checks if 50 million is fad. :)