[citation][nom]domenic[/nom](I'll probably get a million red thumbs down for this but)I agree with killerclick that the Wii is a great product. By great, I mean successful. They fill a market and Sony & MS would love to have their numbers. Some of you "real gamers" assume the authority to decide who belongs to your prestigious "gamers" group. So go ahead. Spend your thousands $$ on gamer PCs .. me, I'll just go back to playing Super Mario Galaxy - (which I consider a REAL FUN GAME) -- and continue visiting THG because I like Tech news.[/citation]
Its true that the Wii has been successful from a business standpoint, but they must be careful, lest they repeat the problems that ultimately destroyed the Atari.
The constant struggle going on with consoles is finding the balance between giving freedom to developers, while maintaining quality control. Nintendo seems to have removed all quality restrictions these days... Their game market is saturated with boring titles that sell only a few copies. Nintendo makes a few dollars, then its over. The problem I referenced with Atari was that their market, too, was saturated with cruddy titles that constantly failed to deliver ANYTHING (E.T. comes to mind).
Nintendo isn't there yet, but that ratio of good-to-crap games is starting to get in the unacceptable range. Granted, Atari had no means to control the content, but the idea is the same.
Oh, and congrats Sony. Should stop some of the hemorrhaging of cash they are going through now.