Phendrana Drifts

As Stephen Colbert said, "Well guess what, nerds? I gots me one."

It took a bit of effort, but I have a Wii! Thanks to Allie, Toys R' Us and the good baristas at Starbucks who sustained us for the four hour wait yesterday morning there is a Wii in our household. Lots of fun - very different, but I mean that in a very good way.

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The console sales figures for December and January were released today, and it appears I was right - the Playstation 3 is losing, at least in the United States. In both months, the PS3 came dead last in the fight between the three consoles, selling only 734,000 units in the time span, compared to over a million Wiis and 1.4 million Xbox 360s. And as I said earlier, it doesn't appear that it is supply that is killing the PS3, as there are many available for purchase. Wiis... well I'm still Wii-less.

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Does anyone know when the Wii shortage is supposed to end? I must confess, I'm not obsessing over finding one (anymore), but I do still really, really want one. Every once and awhile (about once a week) I go off on a Wii hunting expedition, but fail sadly.

On another note, Sony Playstation 3's are everywhere. Now, I must admit there is a decent chance that Sony has caught up and surpassed Nintendo in production, meaning there might be more PS3's in the world than Wii's. But if not, if in fact there are about as many Wii's off the production line as there are PS3's (both have a long way to catch up to Xbox 360's), then Sony is in a heap of trouble. Atari levels of trouble. It is well-known that the PSP is not a winner (sales-wise, the actual item is still quite a gem in my collection), and coupled with the fact that the PS3 is being sold at quite a loss (meaning the production costs plus the R&D to make PS3's per unit is well beyond the ridiculous price of a PS3) and that I think Sony picked the losing side of the coming Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD war might equal bankruptcy or something of equal distaste to Sony management and shareholders.

I know the reported Wii numbers in both Japan and North America are very strong, and although Sony claims they are doing well, I don't think they have momentum on their side at all.

All the same, in the next-generation video game conflict, I remain a bystander. Provided Wes maintains his stellar performance in school, that will change on his next report card as an Xbox 360 will be his reward for awesome grades (which is bankable given the amazing smarts on Wes) - so our household will enter the next-generation regardless in March, but I'm still hoping the Wii will be well-ensconced by that point.

Labels: video games, wii

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