Danny Mendez of Gamer Blorge has written an article about why he thinks the Nintendo Wii is not on the console war and no, it's not because the Wii is pulling out in front. He writes in the article that people that he knows that own a Wii, don't use it as their main gaming device, but instead use their 360 or PS3 and the Wii is something more for side gaming. He says the the PS3 and 360 is the real war, fighting for graphics, power, features and wireless gaming.

He then compares it to PC gaming. No one is competing with the PC because it's on it own category. Sure, Apple and Microsoft may compete in gaming later on, but at the moment, no one is going up against Microsoft. Nintendo has somehow created its own category, something off to the side and winning alone, no matter how good or bad the PS3 and 360 do.

As an outsider looking in to the gaming industry, I cannot help but note that the Nintendo Wii has placed itself in its own category, a category significantly different than the the group the PS3 and Xbox 360 find themselves in.

I don't know a single person who owns a Nintendo Wii and is satisfied with the console on its own. Every person that I know who has one, doesn't use the console as their primary gaming machine. They either have an Xbox 360 (usually) or a PS3 and then a Nintendo Wii as sort of "toy" to play with on occasion.

The true console war belongs to the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3. It's then that price matters, that game selection matters. It's then that graphics, power, features, wireless, all of that matters. None of that matters for Nintendo because many people are going to buy a Wii whether or not they own another console.

The theory can be compared to PC gaming. No one competes with PC gaming because it's an established category all on its own. Perhaps we'll see Apple and Microsoft competing in the PC gaming category eventually, but as for right now the PC has no competition in the gaming arena.

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