That article about square/enix is a uplifting considering they are such a large and respected company, and along with their storng support both ea and ubisoft are also showing good support for the Wii. 3 major development/publishing companies are showing love for the console, I still believe it will take more than this for the
Wii to win. X360 is doing well, and the PS3 hype is still strong, I don't think much can be done to sway X360 fans, but it is possible for Wii360 to become a reality, and condemn PS3 to third. But this can only happen with more failures from Sony, more horrible games (did anyone see the XPlay review of the PS3 games? more on that later), more empty promises, and more system failures.
I believe Wii2 FTW, is more believable, Nintendo's mantra at E3 was playing is believing, not many want to even give the Wii a chance. I plan on having a party in the not to distant future(X-Men quote) invite all of my friends, and we'll do our "normal stuff" then play the Wii all night. Only one of my friends is really interested in the Wii and constantly questions me about it, especially about Zelda. I think word of mouth, or rather, sharing the experience could be the biggest help for the Wii. I'm going to do my part in this, but it's a long uphill battle.
I know the Wii is more groundbreaking than the PS3, and if it had launched for $500 I probably would have still bought it, though I'd be disappointed the graphics weren't better, to justify the price. After I have this party I'll post pictures, and the general reviews from my Sony-loving friends. I just need to buy a few more games, and two more controllers before I this happens, and another factor is that I am planning to move soon, so we'll see what happens, but it should be before the end of the year.
O.K so the XPlay thing: For the Wii they reviewed the following games and their scores; Madden 07 4/5 (X360, and PS3 version got 3/5), Red Steel 3/5, Rayman Raving Rabbids 4/5, Excite Truck 4/5, (and none of you should be surprised) The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess received a perfect 5/5.
For the PS3: Madden 07 (I already told you) 3/5, Genji: Days of the Blade 2/5 (one if it's pros was it good graphics furthering proving that's not what makes a game good), Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom 2/5, Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
1 (a FUKING 1)/5 , and Resistance: Fall of Man 5/5. I must say the game looked pretty solid in the review.
To sum it up, every non-multi platform game for the PS3 sucks except 1. And only one game for the Wii was less than exceptional. I know they didn't review all the games, but I think they pick the ones they like or thought they would. I used to think they were pretty biased, but if they were they wouldv'e picked games that showed the PS3 in a better light no?
Link to reviewsIf I rememer correctly they were also rather disappointed in the X360 launch, but G4 as a whole has been showing nothing but love for the Wii. Maybe they can win this gen, but I'm betting that next-gen they dominate.