Stupid Fat Hobbit: There's one game that I know of that can be played with either the Wiimote or the classic controller, but in general I think games will be designed to use one or the other.

When more games come out, they'll have more where you can use either controller. I bet there are people who would buy a Wii, but they don't like the goofy controller. Having games that could be played with either controller would open up the market even more.

SacriliciousBeerSwiller: But you're looking forward to games intended for grade-schoolers.

I'm looking forward to games intended to be fun.

If you're honestly too insecure to be seen with anything "cute", then you're probably still in adolescence yourself.

llarken: My girlfriends and I were bouncing all over the living room playing tennis for hours last weekend.

Hot.

ArcadianRefugee: Maybe, but the 360 won't play the library of PS2 games that I have.

Of course, the PS3 may not play all of those games, either.

Plus, I don't believe the Guitar Hero controller works in the PS3, does it?


ArcadianRefugee: No, but your PS2 does.

Actually, no, it doesn't.

/video went out

What does that say about Sony's quality control? Batteries asplodin', PS1 laser head problems, Slimline PS2 problems, Bravia high-end LCDs with tons of problems... I've got a stack of Sony DVD-ROM drives to attest to it, as well as a few PSX and a couple PS2s as well. Sony has become the GM of the electronics world.


FarkinFarker: More studios are supporting Blu-Ray than HD-DVD.

It's far too early to declare a winner yet, but consider several things:

1) HD-DVD's interaction system is a bit better than Blu-Ray
2) Capacity isn't an issue, since both formats can add more layers down the road
3) HD-DVDs are as cheap to make as DVDs, but BDs cost over 10x as much to press.
4) Sony just screwed over it's hardware Blu-Ray partners by dumping a $500 player onto the market - no secret either that the player is costing Sony $250-300 per unit. If I was Samsung and their other Blu-Ray partners, I'd be calling Toshiba to get on the HD-DVD train, because my $1000 players are just going to sit on shelves now.
5) Porn backs HD-DVD (Conversely, Sony shuns Porn). It's not as big as they say, but it is a factor. Today, more porn is dealt through your web browser, but DVDs are still a hot market, and when deciding which player to get, who wants to cut out the possibility of HD porn?
6) While both consortiums are DRM-crazy, HD-DVD's DRM has already shown some leaks, and we know that Sony-backed Blu-Ray is going to be heavy on the restrictions, after the rootkit fiasco. Point here goes to HD-DVD for well-informed customers.
7) Cost. HD-DVD players are cheaper becuase they cost less to make. They have room to drop even further. Blu-Ray doesn't have the luxury, and the less momentum they have, the harder it is to produce the yields that drive production pricing. Blu-Ray will always chase HD-DVD players in price, even when a giant like Sony dumps product to promote it.
8) Neither format has excited the public, so dumping strategies will only make matters worse. Sony gambled and they will probably lose big. Currently, they are $500 MILLION in the hole, and it doesn't look to get any better anytime soon. I'd be surprised if BD movie sales have topped $1 million, and that's gross, not net. It gets better: Sony is now trying to dump movies to spur growth and demand for players, but it probably won't work and will only bleed them even more. In the end, whatever mementum Sony does achieve will last as long as their cash flow does. At this rate, I can't see it lasting much more than a year or so.

On the other side from the Hi-Def next gen DVD formats is the fact that you can get HD over satellite, OTA broadcast, cable, and even Microsoft offers HD movies for download (you need Live and a premium Xbox 360, but not the HD-DVD add-on). For now, it's serving the limited market for Hi-Def video quite well - and it is a limited market. Penetration of HDTV is growing, but I can't imagine it's more than 5% of the TVs out there, yet.

So in short, Blu-Ray may be ahead of it's time, and too expensive for both consumers and producers of media and hardware. The economics are all wrong, and questionable for HD-DVD (but the fact that they are NOT dumping product, but shipping at a profit puts them firmly in the "niche" market which can idle until demand grows).

My local Best Buy (and it's not a very big one) has three chest-high square piles of PS3s. The managers looked like they were about to crap themselves as some stockboy kept piling up more PS3s that nobody even glanced at.

The blue-shirts who work in the gaming section were frantically running around telling everyone that "YES, WE HAVE PS3s IN STOCK!" Nobody gave a shiat.

Wiis were sold out, the accessory rack was stripped bare, and people were picking up Xbox 360 and DS games by the handful.

/I LOL'ed.