Confusing internet comments - "How many Wiis they sell doesn't determine how good the console is."

I'm confused. I keep seeing similar comments on the internets in response to the Wii surpassing the 360 in sales. Are people spending $250 on a console they think is bad?

No, of course not. People are buying the Wii because they think it is a good system. Now, if you think that it is not a good system, then you are in the minority. People speak louder with their wallets than with their words.

Sounds like anti-Nintendo fanboys working overtime on message boards. It eats away at their insides that their favorite console (PS3 or 360) is losing to a less powerful machine. These “hardcore gamers” need the best visuals, they crave the latest technology, however, they are in the minority. Graphics are to a point where higher resolution won't improve the overall gameplay experience.

And to those who think the best technology has ever won a generation have forgotten their video game history.

Intellivison had better hardware, but Atari still won.

Black-and-white Gameboy beat out the color-screened Game Gear.

3DO and Janguar wasted the specs of the SNES and Genesis, but the gameplay wasn't there.

(Here's a couple especially for you Sony fanboys)The N64 specs were better than the PS1, but Sony clobbered the once powerful Nintendo.

PS2's hardware was inferior to the Gamecube and Xbox, but it still won the day.

Nintendo DS cannot match the graphics of the PSP and we all know who's winning there.

Now we have the least powerful machine outselling the more powerful ones. Sounds like history repeating itself and looks like Nintendo has climbed back to the top of the mountain.

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Posted by Raknor

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