Games consoles are becoming too much like computers, which they are not. I don't want to talk to Messenger contacts on my Wii, or surf the net with my PSP, it's not practical! I use computer stuff for my computer.
The Wii has done well for this reason, it is not pretending to be a computer, it can't and won't run Linux or any other modifications, it is a games console.
The 360 is also impressive. High definition, it's huge library of games and the storage make it great. It was the first of it's class. Then the PS3 came out, which just seemed a more powerful and more expensive 360, which is where it where it wrong, it lacks creativity.
The Wii got lucky. Nintendo proved something different does work, and simple ideas turn out best. Why else could they get away with such a lack of technology? Now the Wii has set it's mark, game developers are going to close in on it, and the same applies to the 360.
At the moment the selling point for the PS3 (in my view) is the fact it is the new PS2. It's success will come from the PS2, otherwise what makes it so special
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