Well when is it coming and when does Sony expect to take off? I suspect by the time the PS3 is able to compete with the Wii, Nintendo will announce the next model, with HD and all that..
Sony did Nintendos..or what Nintendo did with N64(btw that was great machine). I dont think they where expecting any huge sales from the start(you cant with that old price), but i'm sure they where hoping more after those price cuts. Well any ways it has served Sony well with the format war and they won that. I have played alot of console games and owned them all exept all Segas and PS2 and Wii should be at least as good experience to play as Xbox or PS3 there's no reason to underestimate Wii. Thought i have to say that i have pretty much lost my intrest on consoles and maybe just because of that i enjoy Wii the most because it offers something new.
Just to add. I got HD tv and it bothers me that i'm not able to use for real when Wii is plugged and PS3 plugged in it really feels you are pushing the limits what it can display. My point is just that playing PS3 games feels i have already done it and dosent offer much. Wii isnt really the answer either as it's true that the idea of it seems to be lost in many games. Like Zelda: The Wind Waker was great with GameCube, but i got bored already at the start with Twilight Princess it was again, the same old. Hopefully Smashbros delivers as my PS3 and Wii have both been doing nothing for some months.... exept PS3 playing bluerays =D
@Spamslurpee If the wii came out with DVD playback and (HD and all that) it wouldnt be at the $250 price point now would it? the only reason nintendo is selling so well is because of the price. you cant tell me super mario galaxy was that good. or zelda was a good game. Its a novelty. with more minigames then actual games. its not hard to see the wii wont last more then 2-3 years tops.
i grew up with nintendo NES and SNES 4 gameboys. but at some point you grow up and dont find jumping on turtles fun anymore.
Its not much fun to play with your wii by yourself.
Its funny how engadget managed to leave out that the single most anticipated game for the wii was released in japan in feb.
Let's be honest. Selling one PS3 and three Wii's are pretty equivalent, as far as Sony/Nintendo are concerned. Let's be honest again. Two in every four Wii owners will buy three good games, and then let the console dust over, until another comes out in six months. One more time? The Wii is an expensive toy, not a true gaming console. Only the 360 and PS3 should even be compared, Nintendo is doing their own thing.
According to some the PS3 is the best console in the galaxy. Yet when I play the same game on the 360 and compare them side by side on a $3K 1080P LCD the graphics are much better on the 360.
"you cant tell me super mario galaxy was that good. or zelda was a good game. Its a novelty. with more minigames then actual games. its not hard to see the wii wont last more then 2-3 years tops.
i grew up with nintendo NES and SNES 4 gameboys. but at some point you grow up and dont find jumping on turtles fun anymore."
zelda was good and jumping on turtles is still fun.
honestly though , i think the success of the system was unexpected by game designers , and to make truly great games takes a couple of years. after it was clear that the wii was going to be a runaway hit some game developers started rushing out these mini games , others probably started designing great games , but great games take a while to make so they havnt reached the wii yet .
the systems potential seems to remain untapped but i think the console is worth keeping , because those great games are bound to show uo soon, and you can always rely on nintendos first party ip's .
wait a second, i thought Bioshock won GOTY from most "major gaming media"
and well, i can attest to the wii craze. i bought one about a year ago (stood out in the 6" snow), and in the past 6 months i can honestly say i can count the number of times i played it on one hand. maybe SSB Brawl will change that, but I dunno... :-\
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js @ Feb 29th 2008 5:00AM
Fail? Really?
Are you ignorant enough forgetting the fact that games from the major game franchises in PS3 didn't even come out yet?
Spamslurpee @ Feb 29th 2008 5:06AM
Well when is it coming and when does Sony expect to take off? I suspect by the time the PS3 is able to compete with the Wii, Nintendo will announce the next model, with HD and all that..
egotman @ Feb 29th 2008 5:06AM
Fail? Yes since this about now, not tomorrow.
matjet @ Feb 29th 2008 6:25AM
maybe people are holding out for a yakusa 3 bundle coming soon.
E71 @ Feb 29th 2008 6:48AM
The cheaper, lower spec device outsold the more expensive, higher spec device. I didn't see that coming... I thought everyone's rich.
Fahad @ Feb 29th 2008 7:00AM
Maybe because Super Mario Brawl was released in February.
Chuckles McGee @ Feb 29th 2008 8:21AM
The console was released November 11 2006... ~15 months isn't enough time to get releases from major game franchises?
FrankTheCrank @ Feb 29th 2008 8:25AM
I own both the Wii and the PS3....
I laughs at the Wii's power.
Strapping waggles to the Gamecube, just brilliant!
Pdexter @ Feb 29th 2008 8:33AM
Sony did Nintendos..or what Nintendo did with N64(btw that was great machine).
I dont think they where expecting any huge sales from the start(you cant with that old price), but i'm sure they where hoping more after those price cuts. Well any ways it has served Sony well with the format war and they won that.
I have played alot of console games and owned them all exept all Segas and PS2 and Wii should be at least as good experience to play as Xbox or PS3 there's no reason to underestimate Wii. Thought i have to say that i have pretty much lost my intrest on consoles and maybe just because of that i enjoy Wii the most because it offers something new.
Pdexter @ Feb 29th 2008 8:46AM
Just to add. I got HD tv and it bothers me that i'm not able to use for real when Wii is plugged and PS3 plugged in it really feels you are pushing the limits what it can display.
My point is just that playing PS3 games feels i have already done it and dosent offer much. Wii isnt really the answer either as it's true that the idea of it seems to be lost in many games. Like Zelda: The Wind Waker was great with GameCube, but i got bored already at the start with Twilight Princess it was again, the same old.
Hopefully Smashbros delivers as my PS3 and Wii have both been doing nothing for some months.... exept PS3 playing bluerays =D
naxe @ Feb 29th 2008 10:08AM
@Spamslurpee
If the wii came out with DVD playback and (HD and all that) it wouldnt be at the $250 price point now would it?
the only reason nintendo is selling so well is because of the price. you cant tell me super mario galaxy was that good. or zelda was a good game. Its a novelty. with more minigames then actual games. its not hard to see the wii wont last more then 2-3 years tops.
i grew up with nintendo NES and SNES 4 gameboys. but at some point you grow up and dont find jumping on turtles fun anymore.
Its not much fun to play with your wii by yourself.
Its funny how engadget managed to leave out that the single most anticipated game for the wii was released in japan in feb.
slyd3z @ Feb 29th 2008 10:24AM
@naxe
"Its not much fun to play with your wii by yourself."
More true words have never been spoken, as I'm sure any Engadget reader knows all too well...
Justin Eaton @ Feb 29th 2008 10:33AM
Let's be honest. Selling one PS3 and three Wii's are pretty equivalent, as far as Sony/Nintendo are concerned. Let's be honest again. Two in every four Wii owners will buy three good games, and then let the console dust over, until another comes out in six months. One more time? The Wii is an expensive toy, not a true gaming console. Only the 360 and PS3 should even be compared, Nintendo is doing their own thing.
Disclaimer: I own a PS3 and a Wii.
aus @ Feb 29th 2008 11:24AM
According to some the PS3 is the best console in the galaxy. Yet when I play the same game on the 360 and compare them side by side on a $3K 1080P LCD the graphics are much better on the 360.
sinjinn @ Feb 29th 2008 2:54PM
"you cant tell me super mario galaxy was that good. or zelda was a good game. Its a novelty. with more minigames then actual games. its not hard to see the wii wont last more then 2-3 years tops.
i grew up with nintendo NES and SNES 4 gameboys. but at some point you grow up and dont find jumping on turtles fun anymore."
zelda was good and jumping on turtles is still fun.
honestly though , i think the success of the system was unexpected by game designers , and to make truly great games takes a couple of years. after it was clear that the wii was going to be a runaway hit some game developers started rushing out these mini games , others probably started designing great games , but great games take a while to make so they havnt reached the wii yet .
the systems potential seems to remain untapped but i think the console is worth keeping , because those great games are bound to show uo soon, and you can always rely on nintendos first party ip's .
Andy Anonymous @ Mar 1st 2008 2:56AM
"you cant tell me super mario galaxy was that good. or zelda was a good game."
I can, and I will.
SMG won Game of the Year honors from most of the major gaming media, but I guess you know better than they do.
Krish the Fish @ Mar 3rd 2008 10:15PM
@ andy anonymous
wait a second, i thought Bioshock won GOTY from most "major gaming media"
and well, i can attest to the wii craze. i bought one about a year ago (stood out in the 6" snow), and in the past 6 months i can honestly say i can count the number of times i played it on one hand. maybe SSB Brawl will change that, but I dunno... :-\