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:Wii-doubting articles - the biggest thing...

[everphilski]

We're seeing quite a few articles in that style right now, and I predict we'll see several more before the Wii launches.

Wii're seeing quite a few articles in that style right now, and I predict wii'll see several more before the Wii launches.

stop the fun thing!

[namekuseijin]

Games are not just about fun. A compelling storyline, music and mood go a long way into creating a fascinating world in itself, one into which you'd like to live. Ask any WoW fan.

Hardcore challenges count too. Even though some games are frustratingly difficult -- hardly what one would consider fun -- the reward of finally beating it more than makes up it.

So, games are really not just about fun. Stop telling that for every childish Nintendo game. I hate Pókemon, Nintendogs and Animal Whatever...

Personally, I'm glad TP will bring back OoT more mature graphics style. In the end, it'll be just as fun as any Zelda game, but much more compelling to me...