First of all, Panther's table there doesn't say 'doomed' next to the PS3, it says 'fall from grace', which you'll note it also says next to the Nintendo 64 which was also a very profitable system.
Second, it's not a 'Ninty fan' thing to be interested in sales numbers and trends. Some people actually enjoy looking at business stuff, discussing strategy, and predicting things. It's a modern version of the armchair general, or as seen in sports circles, the armchair quarterback. Most of the usual suspects in the sales threads don't give a rat's derriere who wins. In fact, we'd find it far more interesting if the sales were split 33-33-33, because then things would be less predictable and we'd be having even more fun.
See, there are hobbies within hobbies, and sometimes there is overlap. I have fun doing this kind of analysis with soda sales, fast food restaurant wars, comic books, etc. I can't explain why, but I don't think I really have to justify my hobbies to you, nor does Panther nor Joshua nor anyone for that matter.
You want to label any of us, fine. That's your ignorance and delusion, and it really doesn't change what we like to do in these threads any.
If it was released last gen it would have been less powerful than the ps2 if they wanted to sell it at the same price as now. The wii is here because Nintendo thinks it can compete on current gen tvs in terms of graphics with old gen hardware because you cant really go beyond 640 x 480 on a SDTV. They are using gameplay, price, size AND hardware elegance at the cost of graphical power.
