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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 3573450" data-attributes="member: 924">Heh, Nintendo fans sure like to gloat. But still, it's hard to say who is a winner, because all 3 companies are playing different games.  And it's still early yet - remember, the PSP was actually beating the DS until the DS lite came out.Sony is taking more of a long view - they aim for a console lifespan of about 8-10 years. Since they were the "winner" of the last generation, any new console would be competing with themselves. And indeed, the PS2 has continued to sell extremely well even after the launches of all 3 consoles. It's only just now that the Wii has gone ahead of the PS2 in monthly sales, and the 360 doesn't even do thatBut beyond that, Sony has other goals. They want to push their disc format for movies (Blu Ray) and they want to push their vision of a connected home (and beyond), as opposed to Microsoft's.   Although sales of either format of HD disc are really lousy, it does look like the PS3 threw the tide in favor of Blu Ray. Maybe it's only temporary, but without the PS3, Blu Ray would be dead already.  And we're just starting to see their ideas of connectivity, like how you can now use a PSP to access content (like video or music or photos) on your PC from anywhere in the world over the internet, via a PS3.Microsoft wants to keep their dominance in the PC realm. They only got into the console business because they feared Sony's vision of the Playstation becoming an internet hub instead of the PC, thus cutting out their sales of $100-200 OSs for just about every home computer sold.They also want to get a cut of the money from online internet gaming, via Xbox Live.     They are begining to introduce that with Shadowrun - you need to buy Live Gold if you are on a PC and want to play against 360 owners. Not exactly enticing, but I'm sure they will roll out more benefits down the road.  Nintendo, OTOH, focuses more on games and profit. They almost always go with underpowered but cheap to produce hardware. And while I personally can't stand most of them, they have always been able to produce critically acclaimed games and even when they've come in "3rd", they've actually make tons of money, because their own games sell very well, and their hardware is cheap.And I think it does remain to be see if the Wii is more than a fad. I mean, the Wii is literally a turbo charged gamecube with a gimmicky controller (It's arguably less powerful than the original Xbox).  While I do think that the desireability of graphics from a consumer's standpoint is somewhat overrated (since the PS2 was basically the weakest of the lot, and it won), at the same time, most of its popularity seems to be with non and casual gamers.  I think it will lose some of its luster as more and more people HDTVs and people wonder why the graphics are so bad, and get tired of waggling all the time.And Sony has yet to launch its Eyetoy for the PS3. Which will apparently allow waggle without using a stick (well, the original PS2 eyetoy actually did as well, but the PS3 one is supposed to be a lot better at tracking movements). Although IMHO it's doubtful that people will buy a PS3 + a fairly expensive add on just for waggle, it could not only do that light saber game, but map your face on your guy in the game as well.</blockquote>

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