turnbuckle said:
Tigers suck.
Kenny Rogers cheated with pine tar.
Dave Dombrowski is going to die.
Miguel Cabrera is going to go crazy and murder Austin Jackson in a Santeria ritual.
Now that we've got that out of the way, if you want to move the goalposts for things you can do so - but let's acknowledge that you are doing so. Traditionally, a console generation lasts 5/6 years. If we start from the time of the crash in 1983, we can say this is true.
8-bit/third generation (1983 - 1989)
16/32-bit/4th generation (1989 - 1995)
32/64-bit/5th generation (1995 - 2000)
128-bit/6th generation (2000 - 2005)
Current/7th generation (2005 - present)
This gen is the first time mfgrs have tried to extend the gen past the usual 5/6 years...and that has everything to do with the massive amount of money they spent making these machines (given the uncertain global economy, they need this shit to stretch so they can eat), and the fact that Nintendo came in with this machine that undercuts the typical "increase power, increase cost" of the last 20 or so years of industry rules. MS and Sony both came in with powerful machines at immediately high consumer cost...which is a problem when the entire world is strapped for cash. Nintendo walked in with a machine that was much cheaper than their competitors, and had a unique and compelling feature that until now - 4 years later - was exclusive to the Wii. MS and Sony needed this gen to continue because the only way they were making back their money is through time and attrition, not the typical "razors and razorblades" sales model, especially since it took them both several revisions and pricecuts to even get people to buy the razors (consoles) in the firs tplace.
If this gen ends here, everyone that isn't Nintendo suffered massive failure by comparison - in terms of sales, profits, and every other numerical metric you can find. If you're a third party developer/publisher, you sold less units and made less money than you did last gen (and you're thanking God that there is DLC and digital distribution so at least you got free money off of that to stanch your losses).
Is the Wii fading? Of course it is. It's 4 years into the typical lifecycle. Think of where your PS1 was in 2000, or where your original Xbox was in 2005. It makes sense that the Wii would be down from WHATTHEFUCK sales to regular decent sales given the thing's been out since Bush was president. The other consoles were well below that too, but they have done things to extend the generation and justify their prices.
Nintendo cannot fight in that way, since their console is very old tech. If they're going to fight in an extended generation, they need to speak in the only language people know during a global recession - $$$$$$$$$$$$.
That's it, and that's all.
Tigers suck. :lol