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Kaneda:
The reason Nintendo's are so hard to get hold of, is because Nintendo made it that way. It is called supply and demand. It would not stand up against the other 2 major consoles if it was available and didn't have that "ooh it's sold out it must be good" air about it.

The same with the DS. Throughout the year, easy to get hold of, but on the run up to Christmas - supply not fulfilled. ON PURPOSE.

Do you really think that more people are buying more Wii's than PS3's and Xbox360's? Nope. In our office about 15 of us have Xbox 360's, 10 have PS3's and 1 has a wii, and he sold it for double what he paid just before christmas.

The console is not the same as the other 2, and the simplistic graphics are there to make sure the gameplay doesn't suffer from the alternative controller. The PS3 has a 6 axis controller, which can be used to control certain games, but it's hard to use in full frame realistic gaming.

So, at the end of the day the Wii is not in competition with the Xbox or the PS, mainly because it is nothing like them. The main reason they are so expensive/hard to get hold of is because Nintendo make it that way.

Remember the year Sony released the PS2 slimline? European shortage at Christmas, the excuse they gave was that the ship got stuck on the way to Europe. The real reason was to build up the hype for the console. It worked and the PS2 slimline was the "must have" console for that christmas.

Disco Matt:
It's not just that - the Wii is aimed at a different market (casual gamers as opposed to those who want a realistic simulator like Gran Turismo). Nintendo do seem to have underestimated demand though - they could easily have sold twice as many had they been able to make them. There's creating demand and there's not profiting from that demand, in this case it's definitely the latter. By next Christmas there'll be another new wondertoy competing, against which the Wii will be older and less in demand.

strapping young lad:
kaneda...

those who bought the 360/ps3 as opposed to the wii... why did they buy it and for who was it for? family or for themselves?

Damonski:
Great fun :)

Most entertaining for those playing and watching  :)

Bouncy:
we've had one for 6 months and within 10 mins i had broken a light fitting ;D.

The kids love it even the big ones even the 66yr olds ( fathers)

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