Will the Wii Work?

Today BusinessWeek is running an article asking Will Nintendo's Wii Strategy Score? With the Tokyo Game Show this week, they run down the trials facing Nintendo's little-box-that-could both here in the States, and in Japan. From the article: "Few expect truly dedicated gamers to choose the Wii over the PS3 or Xbox. And ultimately, the advantage may go to Sony. Yuta Sakurai, an analyst at Nomura Securities in Tokyo, expects the PS3 to sell 71 million units by 2011, compared with 40 million units for the Wii. Microsoft, meanwhile, is planning a stripped-down version of the Xbox without a hard-disk drive and other accessories that will cost about $250 in Japan, where the U.S. software maker has endured disappointing results."

Comments

Re:Bogus

[idonthack]

I just wish they'd called it the Revolution instead

You have to remember that Nintendo is a primarily Japanese company. "Revolution" is nigh-impossible to write or say in Japanese, what with that crazy V, the confusion between Ls and Rs, and that funky ending. Actually, the ending would probably be the easiest thing to say, since it's the only thing with a semi-direct phonetic equivalent.

leborushyon. lol.

Re:Bogus

[Das Modell]

I like the fact that you get modded flamebait on Slashdot if you are not a rabid Nintendo fanboy. Slahdot is a very mature place indeed.