Sony Promises 1M PS3s This Year

Joystiq reports that Sony is still promising 1 Million PS3 units in North America for this year. This, despite much lower estimates as released yesterday. From the article: "basically, these numbers don't mean anything. Despite what appears to be gross incompetence to much of the gaming press and the hardcore industry watchers (that's you guys), the mainstream gamer is blissfully unaware of reductions in shipping estimates. To him, it will appear that the PS3 is the hottest thing this holiday -- just like the Xbox 360 appeared to be last year and the PlayStation 2 back in '00 -- and may have no problem waiting for the demand and/or price to go down. People are still buying PS2s today, remember? Just a reality check before the hype consumes us all." For more on this, 1up has analyst reaction to the release news, and comments from GTA creator Dave Jones on his reaction to the news.

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A Wii? You're kidding, right?

[Travoltus]

[flamebait] I kind of liked it when it was the "Revolution". But the "Wii"? That sounds like what a mage would say as he's casting an erectile dysfunction spell on some poor unsuspecting /. poster! [/flamebait]

Ok, seriously... the wii has far less power than the PS3 or 360, and frankly I'm not much of a fan of Mario Brothers style platformer games (that includes you, God of War for the PS2). I'm not interested in another Legend of Zelda remake. I like open free range games like Morrowind, Oblivion (and I hear that'll be coming out for the PS3), Half Life 2, Far Cry, and all of that stuff. I don't imagine that'll come out for the Wii.

Why, oh why did they rename the "Revolution" to the "Wii"?