Nintendo will own.

I like Nintendo systems compared to Sony and X-Box. When I want to play heavy games, I use my computer, but when I want to play light games, nintendo ones are good and cheap.

I'm really looking forward to it because here in Japan, usually in several special stores, we can get it few days before actual releases. I mean, when a 7 year old kid want to play games, he/she gets scared often if the graphics are to realistic anyway.

AAAH I CAN'T WAIT to get this system!!!

Hopefully there isn't a shortage i plan on picking one up if Nintendo doesn't charge too much for all the old school games nes snes and n64 lots of games i would love to own again.

Wonder what add-ons are going to be available at launch time anybody remember the old nintendo glove if they could bring that back and have it work decent this time oh that would be fun.

no glove! >:D Oh that thing was so cheap...I think we either pretended we were MJ or Robocop with that thing.

I believe though they gave pricing on the old emulated stuff? Not sure of course, but thought they did...e3 access DVD, I must look at thee again

Ok. I just want to make sure we're on the same page here. 7900 GTs cost around 300 bucks right now, right? That's for your VIDEO only. And I seriously doubt that in 2 years you can get away with only a video card upgrade to stay in "the cutting edge" of computer gaming so let's add another $100-150 for more ram, and another $100-200 for a new proc as well.
total minimum: another 5-600 dollars in a few years to stay on top of the game.

and a Wii is going to cost $250?
So you don't want to buy a whole new console ($250) because you can /just/ slap in a new video card ($300-400). yeah. that makes sense. lol.

Not to mention that Game developers will REQUIRE you to do the upgrades to your computer if you just want to have decent framerate, let alone have amazing graphics. The downside AND upside to consoles is that Developers have specific pieces of hardware they can program for, and while it limits some creativity, it gives them a chance to know what they are working with and push the limits of that hardware for the next several years.

I'm pulling out of computer gaming b/c it's hands-down just too costly.

7900GT: $245. [Mwave.com]

New Motherboard(Asus), RAM(2GB), and CPU(AMD AM2 3800): $440 [Mwave.com]

It's probably *very* easy to find better deals on cheaper components and *still* be able to adequately support todays games.

Not only can I play games, I can run servers, hold meetings, create documents, art, you name it.

And in 3 years I can probably get away with just another vid-card upgrade to be able to do all I can now as well as support the latest games available then.

I currently have a 6 year old system from dell. I upgraded the RAM and Vidcard. I play FlatOut 2 like an addict.

I'll probably plunk down another $450 within the year to upgrade the system as a whole and not upgrade again for another 4 years or so.

It's not just the cost, it's what you get for it. PCs are just more bang for the buck.

I think you misunderstood; I would buy a Wii at $250 because the games for the Wii are designed to be fun, that’s all. I wouldn’t buy a 360 or a PS3 for $400-$500 because they are marketed to be High-Def cutting edge graphic intensive machines...which they only can be for 6 months. And, not to mention the cost of games for console vs. the PC, what Prey costs today for the PC $45, for the 360, $57...in 6 months...for the PC $35....for the 360..$57...then in two years when new game engines are introduced that will be pushing the graphics to the next level...I go get a new video card (my 4Ghz CPU and 2GB of ram will hold me for 2 years) and I am back to playing games with the best graphics...with a 360, its doesn’t matter what you do, you could buy a whole new 360 and the graphics still look dated and that’s my problem with console's. After about a year...the PC world has moved on to faster GPU's and the next level of DirectX...and the console waits and waits and waits to then be "upgraded to the next generation of gaming" which...incidentally is the generation that the PC is right then.

Drop the resolution on your PC back to Wii levels and you can play games with your onboard graphics. :P The only reason you'd buy a 7900GT (which btw should be a lot less than $300, unless you guys have a special tax on them) is if you wanted to play the latest games at huge resolutions and framerates. Try to convince your Wii to play at 1280x960 at 100fps+. :P

Now that we've put that stupid comparison aside, I think the Wii is going to be a hit. I love the fun games Nintendo has: they've got a unique selection that I haven't seen the other consoles match. Not to mention it's a realistic price. :)

Plus you can't beat mouse and keyboard for 1st person shooters ;)

And you can still plug it into your 50" plasma

So by cutting edge, do you mean you can also have four players playing on that same desktop with the 7900GT?

Just a thought about the different "edge" consoles are cutting as oppossed to PCs.

Latz, SB

P.S. AND WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a 46" HD 1080i Screen TV and there is no way I would want to split that into 4 smaller squares for 4 players and the tv I have is larger then then general public so lets be honest with how the console systems are really used... with all the hours used by all the people in all the world for the PS1, PS2 and Xbox and Xbox360 I would bet money less the 10% of the time its a multi-player game. All the "Halo Parties" I was ever at had each person with there own tv and the XBox's networked. If Multi-player on a single TV is your thing then you are right Console is good at that...but most games are best suited for single player.

Probably incorrect.

Its not the volume of game titles that makes an option a neccessaity, its the popularity of the game titles.

NFL games are the most popular, and until recently were all played without network support. I cant be sure, but would bet that most people played hese games multiplayer.

Just a thought, but conoles were meant for a different type of immersion level and community than PC games.

And as it stands for now, they are moore popular because hey have succeeded in creating a media that users want to spend their time and money on moreso than a personal computers.

Besides, a good graphics a card, does nt a gaming machine make.

AND your greedy...i want a 46' HDTV!!!

Latz, SB

With DX10 you actually will be able to... and you can give them all the same 160x120 resolution they would be *lucky* to get out of the Wii.

You're comparing apples and oranges. You're right in that it's a completely different type of gaming - one is high-res, complex and highly competitive, and the other is just a console.

In all hoesty the Wii is the most appealing to me of the consoles available now. To me consoles for cutting edge games dont make any sense. There is no way to deliver tomorrows technology early, no way to stay ahead of the gaming curve. Games on the XBox360 look OK and are getting better and the PS3 should look good once released but they wont look any better then what my 7900GT can pump out. And two years down the road when the Xbox360 and PS3 are showing there age in the graphics they can (or more importantly cant) produce you cant do anything about it...I can pull out my 7900GT and replace it with a 9900GT and I'm back at the cutting edge and the consoles are stuck. There is no other way to look at it, anyone saying "they are built for the future" is just like the salesmen who told you you will never need to upgrade your 486 with 8mb of ram. Anything that is constant in technology gets left behind. The Nintendo sales model is fun factor not cool factor, I think it will work for them.

there's a market for everything, whether anyone likes to admit it or not, the consoles gave inspiration to it all. Without competing consoles, PCs would have stayed behind and always lagged...as they used to.

Not everyone replaces everything when something new comes along. Some people buy new cars ever year or 3, some people stick with theirs for 10 years.

As for upgrading pcs...well some gamers aren't all that fanatical either. Buy a console for $300 to last you 5 years or so...or buy a single component to upgrade that part every year for at least that and then some.

I'm a fan of Nintendo's but I believe they made a mistake, all in who else they want to market to...which leads them away from other market groups. Sure you could make games for "non gamers"...but why sell to someone who might buy one of your games over the course of a products life cycle rather than to the die hard gamer that would buy 50 titles? Choosing non HD alone makes it hard and near impossible for me to get a Wii. I upgraded my tv for a reason.

I stopped using vcrs long ago when DVDs came out...it's gonna be hard to convince me to buy a standard def "next gen" system...but gramps MIGHT buy it...gramma too. Interactive Mahjong? Maybe...too much ranting from me...dang thee Nintendo!

"As for upgrading pcs...well some gamers aren't all that fanatical either. Buy a console for $300 to last you 5 years or so...or buy a single component to upgrade that part every year for at least that and then some."

So true. And there are some PC gamers still playing Mahjong on their P133 with 32MB of RAM. The argument can go either way - bottom line is though that PC performance will always trump a console because it's upgradable in both hardware and API. You also don't realise how limited console performance is because you don't see it on a high resolution screen, like you do on a PC.

There is no comparison.