As of late I've been doing alot of thinking about Nintendo and the future of the Wii and what could be next for gaming giant. Considering that the Game Cube all but flopped in the last gerneration (personal opinion) Nintendo has fought it's way back into the spot light in the current generation. Here is what simply amazes me about the system it is completely subpar to both the PS3 and the 360 and has been plagued with some really bad ports of current gen gamesand somehow it has won over the hearts of someone. I can't really say that the hardcore gaming populace has embraced the system (personal opinion)but yet it is still flying off store shelves as fast as they can stock them. Well the whole deal is that the wii is doing what Nintendo wanted it to do. They didn't market it specifically to gamers. If that where the case it would have as much horsepower under the hood as the 360 or the PS3. You see Nintendo has a much larger scheme in mind. It is going to gather as many followers this gen as it can from the general populace and the Nintendo Fan boys and the guys like me who have to have every system coming and going (can't risk pulling for the loosing team). This may be enough to give them the win this generation it may not but you see winning this generation is not their goal and has been stated as much before. Nintendo is looking ahead to the next gen. That is where it is going to stick it to Sony and Microsoft. While the PS3 and the 360 try to get a 10 year life span out of this generaton Nintendo's weaker system power speaking will not but that is the plan. Create a system that is not future proof but very catchy. Get a non gamer following and keep your fan boys and then catch sony and microsoft half way to three quarters through their lifespan and create something new. So what happens is Nintendo is first out of the chute with a new system that is more powerful than the competitors it keeps its wii followers and picks up the hard core guys that have to have the latest and greatest and that is how you win a gaming generation. So Nintendo is essentially using the wii as a stepping stone to video game dominance. If what I say comes true the plan is truely ingenious.