Wii Breaks Sales Records While Third Parties Flee System

[A Black Falcon]

Also, do you replace systems which just sold 3.8 million systems in a month?

Still, the "Wii HD" rumor just won't go away, and nor will rumors of Nintendo's next handheld... Nintendo's definitely working on something. The question is, which years are they aiming at releasing their systems in? This year? Next year? 2012 or later? It's hard to say, and I don't think I'm good at guessing, though some people like to try.

I honestly could see a new DS this year (in Japan, not the US yet) easier than I could a new Wii. Sure, DSi just came out not long ago, but if the next system is backwards compatible with the DS and can play the cards and download stuff from the DSiware shop or something they could get away with it I think. Still though, Nintendo might hold off just because of how well the DS is selling everywhere... you don't usually replace a system while it's still number one, like the DS is. They could anyway, but it'd be an interesting move.

It has been interesting to see Nintendo not really use the DSi's additional power in games, though. Very few games on card are DSi exclusive... pretty much only the download titles are exclusives. I thought it'd be more like the Game Boy Color, with dual-mode games, etc, but Nintendo and third parties alike mostly just have not used it for that, and games on card are mostly just standard DS, while just download stuff is for the DSi. Now there are a lot of things going into the DSiware shop, with new releases every week, but like WiiWare it's mostly smaller stuff, not major releases.

the next string of predictions I made was that the PS3 will overtake the Wii and to my surprise even with fantastic advertising, the PS3 cant take over because no one develops games for the thing. Sales are doing better and ms and sony are finally eating at the fat fur pie of Nintendo's orgy.

Once a console gets a lead it's very hard to lose it, and Nintendo has a big lead... PS3 did manage to finish above 360 in December, barely, but for the year the 360 won. I don't think PS3 will be doing what you predicted anytime soon, though. It's just too far behind, and the 360 is still much more popular overall in the West. Also, you're completely under-estimating the Wii's success in the casual market, just like most of the industry. Even just looking at month-to-month sales, I don't see PS3 or 360 getting anywhere near the Wii on a consistent basis, or in holiday seasons, anytime soon.

As for your last point there, though, Nintendo sold more Wiis than the PS3 plus the 360 combined... heck, you could double one of the numbers and then add the other to it and Nintendo'd still have sold more, I think. It was like 3.8 million for the Wii versus about 1.3 million each for the PS3 and 360. You are right that that's a big increase for the PS3 relatively in comparison to previous years, but the gap between Wii and either of them just keeps growing. :)

It's a perpetual nightmare for gameplayers. Unless you have a 360.

What do you mean by that? The PC might be a shadow of what it was ten years ago, but it's still the best gaming platform hands down... :)