Is Sony PS3 Dead In The Water?

[Loker]

Last week Famitsu posted a little thing showing J-gamer's reactions to E3's announcements. Sadly, it was overwhelmingly focused on Sony stuff, which had me a little worried that maybe the Nihon-jin wouldn't be as interested in the console as everyone was thinking. Quite the opposite reaction came this week in a new poll, with Wii games taking up five of the top ten spots (and one DS). On top of that, a resounding 69% said they were most interested in Wii, with PS3 garnering less than a third of that. Here's the questions:

What games are you looking forward to the most after seeing E3’s offerings?
1. Zelda (Wii, Nintendo)
2. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
3. Metal Gear solvent 4 (PS3, Konami)
4. Dragon Quest Swords: (Wii, Square Enix)
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)
6. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo)
7. Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
8. Monster Hunter 3 (PS3, Capcom)
9. Biohazard series (Wii, Capcom)
10. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)

(Worth noting, I find it interesting that gamers are more interested in the Wii RE game than RE5. And I knew the Dragon Quest announcment would be huge to them.)

What gaming hardware are you looking forward to the most?
Wii - 68.8%
PS3 - 21.0%
Xbox 360 - 7.2%
NDS - 3.0%

What do you think of the pricing for the PS3?
88.4% - I think the price is too high.
10.9% - The price is appropriate.
0.7% - The console is inexpensive.

EDGE also asked their European readers which console they were most interested in and the results, while not giving Wii a resounding lead, show good things for Nintendo, with it trailing PS3 by a minimal margin of votes:
1. PlayStation3: 578 Votes
2. Nintendo Wii: 532 Votes
3. Xbox 360: 219 Votes

Nintendo is on their way to winning the next-gen war already.

[euclidean©]

Im arguing with someone on EBA forums that the Wii is going to outsell the 360 and the PS3, and more than likely both combined as well. So many people will buy the Wii as an "addon" console to either the PS3 or the 360, not to mention the people that buy the Wii buy itself as well.

I personally wouldnt mind a Wii...when is that scheduled to release again?

[Loker]

Q4 2006.......I think everyone is gonna have a Wii.....they are cheap, easy to play, fun, lots of games (at least one title from every developer so far.....more than one for most!), not to mention the fact Microsoft and Sony are both pushing it as a secondary console.....