Are Wii Ready?

Hopefully by Thursday of next week, we will know when the Wii is launching and at what price it will be launching for. Signs are pointing to the Wii having a nice and smooth world-wide launch this year. There doesn't seem to be any hardware shortages nor any problems with the manufacturing process. The only real worry we can have is that Nintendo will delay the Wii to next year cause the software isn't ready - something that they are well known for.

If you haven't noticed, the Wii is close to launch (from what I gather, expect a late October / early November 2006 launch) and we've barely seen any of the games! We don't even know the full capabilities of the Wii itself! And on top of that, we're still not informed of all the functionalities of the wiimote! Is Nintendo doing this purposely to keep the competition (read: Sony) from copying the ideas and technology?


Poor Sony. Their egos have put them in a pretty deep hole. First they screw up the PSP (where are the good games at?). Then they have a rootkit fiasco in their CDs. Then announce the scary price of $500/600 for the PS3 at E3. On top of the scary price, Sony also managed to show nothing note worthy at E3... yawn. And no Kaz Ridge Racer, sorry... Riiiiiiiiidge Racer!, didn't help. And recently Sony has to decrease their estimations on the shipments of the PS3 by 75%. Let's not forget to mention that Europe now has to wait until Spring '07 to get a PS3. (At least they may have a chance to avoid the initial BSOD'ing and DDoD'ing PS3 batch.)

So to that news, I say: "Thanks Sony!"

Thanks for opening the door for either the Xbox 360 or the Nintendo Wii to kick your ass.
Thanks for making me a millionare when I sell my pre-ordered PS3 on eBay.
And thanks for screwing the developers, forcing them to make/port their games to another console.

Hype will only get you so far. Where are the good games at Sony? You can't ride the Metal Gear Solid cash cow forever. You still lack an icon like Mario, Link, or hell... even Master Chief. Kratos maybe cool, but he's still on the PS2.

Sony, you obviously need history lessons. See Wikipedia for NeoGeo, 3D0, TurboExpress, Atari Jaguar, and PSP. You fail to learn, you fail to win.

Wii!!