You're absolutely right. You just compared a LAUNCH xbox game to EVERY SINGLE GAME NINTENDO WILL EVER MAKE ON THE WII. Get a life. There will be some pretty games on the Wii, but you'll be too busy getting a hard-on for the latest version of DOA Volleyball.
I still think the DS stands as proof that a different control scheme can be a selling point that works well. I doubt Nintendo goes 5 years without updating the Wii. They're already planning on releasing one next year that has DVD playback.
You missed my argument. I said the same damn thing - Nintendo is making money on consoles (something Sony definitely isn't doing and Microsoft wasn't doing for a long while) while holding a price tag below it's two competitors. That decision is genius for the company and will make a difference in future development.
Nintendo wanted to strip the system down for two reasons: to lower the price tag and to so it would be a tiny, portable system that could fit into a little nook in your entertainment center. Compare the original XBox to the Wii and you'll see the advantage of having a Wii in terms of space.
The only real drop-off in sales was in America. They were doing alright elsewhere in the world. I don't see what you mean about the GCN being a different approach. With the GCN, they tried to compete directly with Sony and Microsoft and that didn't work so hot for them. The two wise moves that came from the GCN were the introduction of the Wavebird and the decision to get off cartridges.
I'm aware HDTVs are the way of the future. I even mentioned that the US is switching over to an entire HD broadcast scheme in February 2009, where analog signals are prohibited.
My argument is that the time still isn't right for Nintendo. The people who own PS3s clearly have a decent amount of disposable income if they can afford one. I would expect this group to be very likely to own HDTVs. The XBox 360 crew is harder to predict on the matter, but I'm sure there's a decent amount of people who own HD TVs.
Nintendo clearly isn't concerned with graphics right now. They don't NEED to add in 1080 support currently with the titles available. Additionally, the slightly lower price tag means more lower income families are probable to buy one, and I can guarantee you most of that group doesn't own an HD set. It's a useless feature for the Wii currently.
Like I said, I imagine that the Wii will be re-released with some better HD output in the future to go along with DVD playback. Price cuts may keep the system around the $250 range, or it may increase it to $300. Who knows? In the status quo, Nintendo doesn't need to worry about HD.
The 360 has been out for over a year and has the advantage of having more titles out. Other than that, I don't really see why the 360 is more fun. I prefer the PC's mouse/keyboard to control my FPS games (which tends to lead to graphics that are far superior to your sacred 360), and other titles are what they are... derivative of basic genres. I find games like Katamari Damacy (PS2) more entertaining than Halo 2 or Rainbow Six or various EA Sports titles, so my tastes probably differ a lot from yours.
I do want to try Gears of War though, that seems awesome. That's about the only title I'm interested in playing on the 360. Hell, after God knows how many years of Madden, I got really bored with it. It's nice to take a break with the Wii version for a while.
