So true. Nintendo is the one bringing fresh ideas into the gaming world, and you can bet MS and Sony will be thinking how to doing something “new” and different. In fact if it wasn’t for Nintendo’s success MS and Sony you can bet wouldn’t be looking for ways to break into the casual market

If you take a close look at the history of videogaming, Nintendo are probably the oldest games manufacturer. They’ve been around as a company since 1889, producing playing cards. They were one of the first to develop new games ideas, including, what is historically credited as the first platformer (You might have heard of a game called ‘Donkey Kong’), and since 1975, have been COMPLETELY devoted to videogaming hardware & software. – Relatively speaking, they have had it hard. Unlike Sony & MS, who are relative newcomers to the world of consoles. (In fact, Sony entered the console world through a design that Nintendo rejected!)

So, to call the Nintendo Wii a ‘novelty’, and to call Nintendo Hardware redundant in the same post is a bit like saying Ford horseless carriages will never catch on, and are also not as good as Ferarris.

Sorry, I don’t think you can compare the Wii to Furby & ‘Tickle Me Elmo’. It is probably more realistic to compare the Wii to an iPod. After all, Furbies & Tickle-me-Elmos are toys, aimed solely at a small market demographic (10 year old kids). – The Wii, just like the iPod, is an electronic-based device that has a much wider, almost universal, market demographic, which spans all ages and both sexes.

Now, I’m not bashing the PS3 or the XBox 360. Both are fine machines, but they have not developed in any way from their predecessors other than by souping up the graphics. The Wii may not have the best graphics, but it more than compensates for this.

…and like I said in a previous post, Nintendo had the cojones to actually innovate & diversify, rather than just beef up the old ‘tried & tested’. Whether you like the Wii or you don’t you have to give it some credit. After all, it has moved the gaming industry into brand new territory, and you can guarantee that Sony & Microsoft will be racking their brains trying to follow in Nintendo’s footsteps when they develop their next-gen console….and that has to be good news for everybody!

So shut up, give the console a little kudos, and wait to see what your preferred console company comes up with in the future.

secondly, you got an XBox? Great for you. Think its better than my Wii, then all I hafta say is shutup you Potlicker before I throw you into the Microwave

i go for gameplay just like i rather counter strike over counter strike: source

Anywho, everybody saying the other systems are superior really are simple minded. You cannot compare the Wii to these other systems like the 360. They focus on graphics while the Wii focuses on revolutionary gameplay. It is all a matter of opinion, and my opinion is that the Wii’s revolutionary unique gamestyle is well worth the decrease in graphics…Even when the XBOX 720 comes out with its increase in graphics, the Wii will continue to be just as good as it is now…gameplay will always outlast better graphics…

Medal of Honor: Heroes and Metroid Prime 3 have the best FPS controls on any conole period. Super Mario Galaxy is an incredible platformer and one of the highest rated games of all time. Sin & Punishment and many other amazing VC own as well. The superior versions of Resident Evil 4, The Godfather and Manhunt 2… I could go on and on really.

I knew clicking on this article it was gonna be full of people bashing the Wii over all the usual misconceptions, stop being groupthinkers people, just because Nintendo has commercials geared towards casuals doesn’t mean thats all thats available on the system, stop letting commercials and internet fanboys think for you.