Jay said:Despite the strong sales, from a gaming perspective, the Wii is the N64 of this generation. It's old technology with a few standout titles sitting on top of a pile of shovelware.
The N64 was on top as far as graphics went, PS couldn't touch it. But PS could do video and audio that the N64 could never dream of, not thanks to more power but thanks to a CD drive and 650mb of space. Even with PS's beautifully pixelated videos, the N64 still kicked the PS pathetic little ass. Not to mention you had zero load time with the 64, I have no idea how you Sony fans learned to sit through those load times without deciding it just wasn't worth it. Unlike the 64, the Wii has nothing on anyone as far as hardware goes, so I wouldn't really compare the 64 with the Wii.
I guess you can call the Wii shit all you like, but at the end of the day, the Wii is still outselling everyone. The point of a video game system isn't to wow you shitless with its graphics, it is to entertain you. Not saying the Wii necessarily does that better than the others, but a lot of people seem to feel it does.
As for Nintendo having another thing coming... what makes you so sure they will release the same thing over again? Has Nintendo ever done that? They are usually at the top of new ideas, they are the ones constantly being ripped off by everyone else. Next gen you'll see every console copying Nintendo by using motion sensors (Sony has already done this I believe), and Nintendo will be on to making new things for the others to copy. Kind of funny we are having this conversation now, when it was the exact same conversation before the Wii came out. "Nintendo is dead, because they never have new ideas, this gen will be the end for them, their new console will crash just like the Dreamcast." Then along comes the Wii and everyone is like, "Holy shit! Well, okay, next time! Next time they are dead."
Well, we will see. I predict that next time they will put themselves back up there with the big boys, but this requires them learning from their biggest problem first, something they may well not do judging by the current look of things.