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| Hmmm! I would have to disagree. I think that Nintendo has a hard core following in the east that will sustain it and perhaps more importantly they have tried to create a niche market within the games market. Fun games for the younger or less dedicated gamer and there consoles always seem to undercut the other players. Mario, Zelda and Super Monkey Ball are great franchises.
Sony vs Microsoft is another story and I wouldn't want to comment as who can guess which will win? Didn't the XBox beat the PS2 to market and PS2s weren't cheap at release and I'd say that sony won that round. As demand
grows costs will be driven down. I think it's the software that will win the day and XBox 360 has a growing number of developers but again Sony has good market share in the east.
As to the Zune I have to say that I'd go with the new 80GB ipod but I'm not interested in watching movies in a 4inch by 3 inch screen and would want it only to store photos and music.
And could some of you early adopters tell us what the Wii is like when you can put it down for a moment, or at least tell us what yours "sons" say?
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Nintendo do make some really nice games though, even if the hardware isn't always the most advanced. For the last year, my most played system has been my Gameboy Micro. Not much to speak of in the gfx and sound dept but some really great, playable games. Being able to play it when on the train or other places where you sit for a while (ahem) has probably helped it get a lot of extra playtime though
Of all the new consoles, the PS3 looks the most appealing to me but I suspect that the fact that it's soooooo expensive will put many off. The many delays, especially for us in Europe, will have put it at a big competitive disadvantage.
Not too enamoured of the MS Zune. It's bulky for a modern HDD jukebox and MS really screwed a lot of people over by introducing a new DRM format and abandoning compatibility with their own 'Plays for Sure' standard which they had been pushing for a couple of years
I would certainly buy an iPod over a Zune any day but hopefully my trusty iRiver 140 will serve me for a few more years yet...... With any luck 40gig flash drives will be common when it finally 'kicks the battery'.
Gav