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When they don't even have a proper name or working title yet I don't think there's much to mourne. They basically hashed out some concepts and decided to focus on the strongest ones. Happens all the time. Only difference is we happen to know about it. No big deal. If they cancelled all their Wii projects it would be cause for concern but they wouldn't do that. Developing for the Wii is like getting a mountain of money for having fun. Too bad for them they didn't get it together sooner, but I guess they're a little risk averse like Capcom. More money for Ubisoft I guess.

Sorry to be the one to point this out, but, the average idiot consumer has no memory at all and this will result in a positive impression of the game and some hype. It's crap and none of us would fall for it, but people do and so it's standard operating procedure for tons of these companies.

I think the real question for the Wii is the demand. If they have expanded beyond the borders of the traditional gaming audience I don't think it's unreasonable that demand could oustrip supply for months yet. If they also keep the supple of intersting quality games coming as Reggie has promised then I think that'll drive demand as well. It'll be fun to watch it play out.

On the PS3 I think it's mostly a matter of Sony overcoming their production difficulties and stopping the flow of exclusives away from the system during this rough patch. That said, I don't see the demand being very high at the current prices. Here in Taiwan I can go to the local game shops and buy one right now and we only got 500 for the entire country. You can also use eBay as a dipstick for demand and right now the demand is low to non-existant.

Basically, for the current prices, Nintendo still has plenty of customers and Sony is running out.

I'd like to add that it is irrelevant that Sony may have more muscle except when it comes to 1st party releases because with an installed base of easily 20x the number of systems all multi-platform releases will be first developed for the XBOX 360 and then ported to the PS3. Also, when the PS3, like the PSP, sees a tapering off of development due to an inferior installed base, the system will not get any exclusives by 3rd parties and will end up in GameCube land with a few fierce loyalists and very little gameplay to offer to the masses. It has all happened before, so it should be no surprise that it will happen again. Study video game history and it's all as clear as can be.

This inane editorial and the debacle that has followed makes me think one thing alone.

"There's no such thing as bad press."

All things being equal? In what world do you live? That's a silly posting. It's like saying if a lump of dung and a diamond were equal there's no reason people wouldn't prefer the dung to the diamond. They aren't equal, that's the point. If they were the same they wouldn't be different things. They ARE different things and this entire blog post is a silly bit of ego-stroking mental masturbation.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/movie/lineup.html

That is to a video on Nintendo's Japanese Wii site that shows (briefly) how boxing will be played and also has video of it in motion. It looks like the nunchuk and Wiimote will be your hands. Can't gather anything else but the video is worth a look for any self-respecting Wii-ite. It's got stuff that hasn't been shown anywhere else including about 2 seconds of Resident Evil Chronicles.

"144. Here in the UK the 360 premium is £280. Looking at the online currency conversion

280.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 530.377 USD United States Dollars

So we are in effect paying $530.377 for the 360. Which in dollars is more than the cheap PS3, less than the more expensive version.

So people are prepared to pay that much for consoles yes. We'll balk at the £425 for the PS3, but my point is, the British market has already ponied up the green for what Sony is asking you Yanks to pay for the PS3. Your disposable income is not going to be that dissimilar.

People will buy the PS3 in droves."

The XBOX 360 is selling rather poorly in the UK and Europe so your argument is rather ineffective at proving its point.

"I think you people believe that all your efforts will result in some sort of public backlash against Sony."

Um, they ARE the backlash against Sony. And the truth will set you free.

1 Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight
2 Grand Theft Auto IV
3 Resident Evil 5
4 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
5 Final Fantasy XIII
6 Resistance: Fall of Man
7 Call of Duty 3
8 NBA Live 07
9 Sonic the Hedgehog
10 Next NBA Street
11 Tekken 6
12 Need for Speed Carbon
13 Tony Hawk's Project 8
14 Half-Life 2: Episode Two
15 Assassin's Creed
16 Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
17 Star Wars 2007
18 Devil May Cry 4
19 Gran Turismo HD
20 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
21 The Lord of the Rings, The White Council
22 Final Fantasy VII (Rumor)
23 Madden NFL 07
24 Formula One 06 Formula One Racing
25 Full Auto 2: Battlelines
26 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
27 Killzone
28 Elveon
29 Final Fantasy Versus XIII
30 Spider-Man 3
31 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
32 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
33 Army of Two
34 Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
35 Turok
36 Virtua Fighter 5
37 Unreal Tournament 2007
38 Haze
39 MotorStorm
40 Hellboy
41 Stranglehold
42 Medal of Honor: Airborne
43 Rayman Raving Rabbids
44 Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway
45 Frontlines: Fuel of War
46 Heavy Rain
47 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
48 Indiana Jones 2007
49 Golden Axe
50 Virtua Tennis 3
51 Heavenly Sword
52 Alone in the Dark
53 NHL 2K7
54 Warhawk
55 The Darkness
56 Eight Days
57 DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road
58 Fatal Inertia
59 Cipher Complex
60 Armored Core 4
61 Ridge Racer 7
62 Genji 2
63 Clive Barker's Jericho
64 Ratchet & Clank
65 Sega Rally Revo
66 The Getaway
67 Def Jam 3
68 Killing Day
69 BioShock
70 TNA iMPACT!
71 F.E.A.R. 2
72 Untitled Naughty Dog Game
73 Lair
74 Coded Arms: Assault
75 The Eye of Judgment
76 Monster Hunter 3
77 Possession
78 Pirates of the Caribbean 3
79 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
80 Fight Night Round
81 King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 3
82 Afrika
83 Dark Sector
84 Ni-Oh
85 Dynasty Warriors
86 Monster Kingdom
87 Eyedentify
88 Grand Raid Offroad
89 Untitled Square Enix Next-Gen MMORPG
90 World Pool Championship 2007
91 Blade Storm: Hundred Years War
92 The Wheelman
93 Transformers
94 Dirty Harry
95 Project IM
96 Heat
97 Way of the Samurai 3
98 The Outsider
99 Untitled DC Comics MMO
100 6GUN II
101 Driver
102 SingStar
103 Rain
104 Shin Megami Tensei
105 Fifth Phantom Saga
106 Omikron 2
107 The Wall
108 College Hoops 2K7
109 Angel Rings
110 Secret Service
111 ShadowClan
112 Untitled Western Shooter
113 L.A. Noire
114 Project Force
115 Project D
116 Monster Madness
117 X Quest
118 Empire
119 Redwood Falls
120 Hot Shots Golf
121 Data-Fly
122 Extreme
123 Bomberman
124 Train Simulator Online
125 Seikan
126 Gradius
127 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu
128 Master Project
129 ActiveDogs
130 WarDevil: Enigma
131 The Club
132 Project Delta
133 BB
134 Rengoku: The End of the Century
135 Makai Wars
136 Untitled John McTiernan Game
137 Stuntman 2
138 Untitled Obsidian/Sega RPG
139 Schwarzenberg
140 Super Robot Taisen
141 Avalon
142 Project Psychic
143 Akari Project
144 Boku no Natsuyasumi 3
145 Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula
146 Yamasa Digi World DX
147 Derby Stallion
148 Hitsuji Mura
149 Aquanaut no Kyujitsu: Inner Mind Adventure
150 Shin Ten Makai VI
151 Sekai Saikyou Ginsei Igo 7
152 Naxat Plan
153 Bipedal Movement Simulation
154 Mahjong Oh
155 Pachinko Jikki
156 Mahjong Taikai
157 Sunrise Eiyuutan
158 Pro Mahjong Goku Final
159 Saikyou Ginsei Shougi 7
160 Slotter Mania
161 Value 2000 Igo
162 Value 2000 Shougi
163 Fantasy Lab Project
164 Meternome

So does "and many many more........." constitute 37 releases? I guess it's true that bloggers, fanboys and reporters can in fact no longer count. Now that's a news story.