Will “Project Cafe” a.k.a Wii 2 get thumbs-up from gaming junkies?

This is the time, when gamers around the world get to know the wackiest news about new launches or simply haunted consoles lineup prepared by BIG 3. As we are not expecting  some thing extraordinary  neither from Sony nor from Microsoft but Nintendo is surely cooking some new console in their gaming kitchen . According to multiple sources, Nintendo will unveil their successor to undisputed king of consoles & my not so favorite Wii at E3. We are not sure whether this is a rumor or company’s marketing tricks to get maximum attention towards 3DS. Why 3DS? Here we are talking about Wii & you are talking about 3DS. Are you Insane or What?

For all gaming junkies, Nintendo has just released their maiden console 3DS in USA & other parts of the world. The console didn’t get that respect (in terms of sales & software lineup) what DS got in 2004. This is one way to seeing the story, other might be Nintendo’s intention to drop the price of Wii in coming days. As we know, Wii looks to old in comparison with PS3 or Xbox 360. Suppose, I want to buy a new console, why would I go for Wii, when the best can be yours for $300? We assume, Nintendo will going to drop Wiis price in the range of $30-50 to improve Wii dwindling share in home console market.

What made Nintendo to launch the successor of Wii so early? Sony has made clear that they will not going to launch PS4 in coming years. On the other hand, Microsoft has just begun working on Xbox 360 successor. So it’s clear that both Sony & Microsoft will launch their respective consoles in late 2014(again rumored). Sony has just announced they made a victorious win against Xbox 360 by selling 50 million PS3 till date; their other weapon PlayStation Move also done quite well. Xbox 360 as you know is kicking Wiis belly since last year.

The main reason, why Nintendo is so adamant in launching new console before competitors is simply because of lack of new games for Wii. If you compare the software line up of Wii vs PS3 or 360, the company failed to attract new developers. And this is the main reason, why Wii is underperforming in comparison with PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360. Both the other players focused on software line up to boost their hardware sales.

When Wii was launched, one of the main reasons for owning this pretty slick machine was its motion controller. It was unique, awkward & magical to some. But now the same controller looks shabby, old & not so powerful when you compare the same with PS Move or Kinect.

One of the most discussed topics on gaming circles from the very beginning was Wiis lethargic hardware. Nothing as changed since 2006, even now most of the gamers especially kids ask questions related to Wiis hardware. I was going through a forum, when one of the gamers asked I am looking for a new console, my dad will going to pay the money.  I want a reliable console, which can be used for atleast 5 years. Should I go for Wii or PS3?  This made me think, why companies like Nintendo want to play with our money. We gamers want a reliable console like Xbox 360 or PS3 (Don’t mind; am biased towards my PS3). If we are paying $300 for PS3, we get awesome collection of games, reliable PlayStation Store & powerful hardware. What else a gamer want from a console. I don’t want a console, which can be used for a year or so & later discontinued. Same happened with Wii, in the starting consumers interest in the machine was unstoppable but later they realized its disabilities like lack of Blu-Ray, Online gaming store like Xbox live or PS store among other. 

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