To borrow an overused sports phrase, the Wii is what it is. 3.8 million is ridiculously impressive, but we know it matters little in terms of impacting software that matters to most typical gamers. So, yeah, good job, Nintendo. Now get off my lawn.
I don't see how anyone at Microsoft or Sony could be disappointed in their own numbers. On the Microsoft side, it's a system in its fifth holiday season that has seen very little in terms of price reduction over its lifetime and really nothing to speak of in the past year outside of a SKU shuffle. 1.3 million? They'll take it. And for Sony, they're finally putting that dern thing in homes at a decent clip. No, it will never track down the 360 in America overall, but I don't see why it won't continue to go neck and neck with the 360 from here on. It still has a bit of brand power to help it overcome relative library weakness. Anecdotal ahoy, but I'm reminded of the PSN giftcard I received from my brother and his wife at Christmas. Apparently, the conversation they had on their end was something like this: "Does he have a Playstation or a Nintendo? ... I don't know, I think the Playstation? ... OK, let's get him this giftcard." I have neither.
So anyway... good grades all around. That's my opinion, at least.
