As an outsider looking in to the gaming industry, I cannot help but note that the Nintendo Wii has placed itself in its own category, a category significantly different than the the group the PS3 and Xbox 360 find themselves in.
I don't know a single person who owns a Nintendo Wii and is satisfied with the console on its own. Every person that I know who has one, doesn't use the console as their primary gaming machine. They either have an Xbox 360 (usually) or a PS3 and then a Nintendo Wii as sort of "toy" to play with on occasion.
It's as if though these gamers use their extra cash to buy the Wii for the novelty of it, but their main resources and cash are contributed to either Sony or Microsoft.
I'm not saying that it's bad for the Wii, that's actually a great move by Nintendo. To become so different that no matter what other console a gamer has, a Nintendo Wii sits right along side it.
The true console war belongs to the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3. It's then that price matters, that game selection matters. It's then that graphics, power, features, wireless, all of that matters. None of that matters for Nintendo because many people are going to buy a Wii whether or not they own another console.
The theory can be compared to PC gaming. No one competes with PC gaming because it's an established category all on its own. Perhaps we'll see Apple and Microsoft competing in the PC gaming category eventually, but as for right now the PC has no competition in the gaming arena.
Nintendo has done something revolutionary with the Wii by carving out a second category in the console wars, and, by being the only contributor to the category, it becomes a winner no matter how well the PS3 and Xbox 360 do.
All 3 consoles are in direct competition with each other. This is just an excuse to make it seem like Nintendo is not the victor.
All 3 are games consoles....bought to play games.....by gamers. It isn't hard to figure out.
Nintendo is trying to make games fun again. Instead of the same tried and true gameplay with better graphics. I think it is brilliant. It will bring more non-gamers to gaming and prepare them for Nintendo's post Wii console. All of the Wii fans who were not gamers will most likely become Nintendo fans and purchase their next console which will most likely be Hi-def. Wii is just an experiment to see if the new controle interface is a success.
Im sorry but as long you are running in the same market you are competing against the other even if you dont want it or claim it.
Nintendo Wii is a game-console, it has software that are called games.
Sony and MS are doing the same thing.
They are all after Gamers.
Well ya in terms of sales it's a battle, but I think the main competition in the coming years WILL be between 36teh and pstree, no matter what happens I will praise the Wii because come on, you gotta love it.
This article makes little sense, but there are some points to it. One major point is that a lot of consumers want to buy a game console but don't want to spend a lot because they dont have a $3000 home theater. These consumers want to buy cheap, and they get cheap with the Wii. These consumers are the ignorant consumers that made the best-selling console. Another point is that the Wii has no Current-Gen Player. If it did, then there would be NO point to the article.
It is but it isn't. Yes the Wii is part of this generation of consoles, but like the writer said people either have a 360 and a Wii or a PS3 and a Wii or just a Wii. So it's not really a war so to say it's a real war between the PS3 and 360 because they are fighting for sales while the Wii is just getting them.