MSNBC thinks highly of Wii and its chances despite Nintendo’s past. From the article: “Four years ago, I suggested that Nintendo drop out of the console race and stick to its handheld and software strongholds. I don’t see it that way anymore. In fact, even though Nintendo is taking some pretty risky chances in launching a revolutionary system, I think the climate couldn’t be better for Nintendo.”
The non-gamer site also has a Wii, PS3, and 360 poll to boot with Wii currently leading with 44% of the vote.
lolMicrosoft Network-National Broadcasting Company is praising a Nintendo console.lawllll….
yes, but they have to be unbiased.
I read this article. This is very good news for the Wii.The fact that someone who was initially ready to write of Nintendo as a home console maker is now thinking they have a good shot at gaining market share is great news.On a totally unrelated note…..Blake,How can you handle working with VC over at joystiq. I mean he literally deletes posts that disagree with him, or poke fun at his ideas. Seriously, I thought one of the mainstays of the blogosphere was that its WIDE open and ALMOST anything goes. Yet he consistantly deletes posts.Do you know what his deal is? He deleted my post and I didn't even use any swear words or !!!!!1111 or anything like that. Then when I posted that he was deleting posts, he deleted that! Surely there is a way to get someone more worthy promoted. I mean Ludwig is awesome. Chris Grant is great. Even some of the new editors have alot of talent.Joystiq and Infendo are my 2 favorite sites. I hate to lose Joystiq because the guy running it is off his rocker.Please help!And please dont delete me!
Joystiq is, as P-A aptly put it, a retard rodeo. Both the posts and the readership are frequently biased and ridiculous. Total waste of time.Anyway, back on topic… from the article:"Quite frankly, it may be its last chance, too."I am so sick of people and their "gloom and doom" predictions for Nintendo. People have been saying Nintendo was going to kick the bucket ever since the N64… yet they're still in it.How soon we forget that:a) Nintendo are the only ones making an actual profit off their hardware,b) Nintendo may have sold fewer GameCubes worldwide than the Xbox, but they sure as heck didn't lose $4 billion dollars on it unlike Microsoft, and c) Nintendo is still soundly defeating everyone in the handheld arena, just as they always have. They're not going to be "declaring bankruptcy", start making games for Sony or any other BS like that as long as they're wallowing in cash like they are.I just love how short-sighted Sony/MS fanboys constantly proclaim that Nintendo must be on the verge of extinction just because the GameCube didn't sell the most units worldwide, as if anything but first place = not profitable.
Critics said the same thing about the n64 before it was released: that it is showing promise and is the must have toy of the christmas season. That didn't fair well for Nintendo. Hope history doesn't repeat itself, but I'm not going to hold my breath on this.