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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simplicity" data-source="post: 3186433" data-attributes="member: 1496">The differences between the PS3 launch and the Wii launch are like night and day.Wiis have demo consoles at every game store I've been to.  They're got demo kiosks sitting in the mall walkways for people to come by and play.  And there's more Wiis coming before X-mas.Game developers are excited about developing for the Wii.  They want to see what can be done with the Nunchuk, and whether gaming can be made more mainstream.The PS3s are more powerful... but they cost twice as much and aren't anywhere to be found.  The All-Hating Eye of the Internet has actually turned AWAY from Microsoft to stare directly at Sony, after what may turn out to be a brilliant anti-advertising campaign.  It seems like half of the gaming community at this point would rather spit on a PS3 than buy one.  PS3 is DEPENDING on hard-core gamers, since they're the only ones who are going to care that this is a next-gen platform.  That's not a large enough community to annoy half of. Game developers are rather unhappy about the prospect of developing for the PS3 from what I've heard.  Sure it's powerful, but it's also wonky.  And it doesn't lend itself to porting to other platforms as the XBox360 does.Meanwhile the XBox360 is providing downloadable TV shows and movies (including HD-movies) via the XBox360, and has a large, established online community.  My prediction: The PS3 is DOA.  It'll be a huge bust.  Huge.The Wii will be an enormous success.The Xbox360 will be the next-gen platform for the hard-core gamer.</blockquote>

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