This is the first generation really where a console launch has been at such a cheap price point (if you take older consoles are increase their value to todays standards).



I much rather have systems made to a higher end with a higher price tag than to a lower end with a lower price tag. I haven't even turned on my Wii in about 4 months. Too busy be neck-deep in quality next-gen titles. Maybe I'll find some time to go play Carnival Games (super pfft).



I mean honestly if it wasn't for Wii Sports that system would be doing a hell of a lot worse, and old people would just be watching Matlock reruns.

So activision is after a console with a massive market share along with a really low price point. That console is the PS2!



Whats really the point in bringing out a new console thats going to be around for a fair few years if its not much better that the old one? The wii is there to get nintendo the money they invested in the gamecube.



The ps2 has a large back catalogue with a number of really decent games. The graphics and sound are comparable to the wii, with the only missing factor being the motion controller, and cutsey nintendo games. Maybe activision could develop some?



As to the future with the next gen thats got to be the PS3 and 360, with the PC bridging the gap in a few years to the PS4



So in three or four years will nintendo bring out a 360 arcade clone and pretend its next gen?

Dude, this actually is the first gen that has very high price points, before the PS2, I remember all consoles starting at $199.99. I even remember buying the NES for $199.99.



But as for wanting a expensive system from the Get-Go, to each his own.

it can happen man the psps price was droped from launch to $180 :)

Well even if it was just a gamecube, with added modules (even though it does have more cache memory, and higher clock speeds etc), it does start to add up.



You did forget to mention the Bluetooh modules in both the Wii and the remote, GUI frontend (Which costs money to develop), Wii Sports (Which isn't even worth 20 bucks, but you still have to consider it).



Nintendo is making about $10 per unit profit (I read this somewhere, somebody let me know if I'm wrong), so even though you don't think it is worth it (everybody is entitled to their opinion), it actually almost cost that much to produce.

How about Sega Saturn and Jaguar just to name a few.



As well as there were games that were over $100 for SNES and Genesis. Games and systems have always been expensive people are just easy to forget.

The ps2 is in the lead lol