The Potential of Wii

Jeremy’s down on the Wii, which is launching in two months.

I’m on the flip-side here.  I have to give some credit to Nintendo.  They’ve completely moved away from the “mine’s bigger/faster/prettier” thing that MS and Sony have going on and just concentrated on playing a game and having fun.  I won’t make the same mistake I did with the DS/PSP choice.  The DS continually puts out games I don’t recognize that well, but are really fun, and the Wii has the potential for the same.

I know I’ll be getting it, and early.  The lineup does look “just ok” now, but I have a more open mind about what I might actually like after my experiences with the DS and hell, even the Xbox 360.  The simple Live Arcade games sometimes keep me entertained more than the $60 blockbusters.

I think the Wii is going to be huge.  More and more people have more than one console.  This is where being #2 might turn into being #1.

While I think the Wii will have less games, it will have online play (Mario Party or Kart+online play might be bigger than anything we’ve seen yet) and the classics will be huge, even if the library isn’t (at first).  I also think the price point is far from nearly identical.

As we wait and see how this plays out, I’ll be attempting to play my fair share.

Posted by David M Singer on Sep 14, 2006 at 02:55 PM

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