Will the Wii have success similar to the DS? *Poll*

What I mean is, will it eventually pick up speed like the DS did?  At the beggining of the Ds's life it's games were o.k. but nothing special.  Also developers considered the stylus and dual-screens gimmicky. Most developers, excluding Sega and Ubisoft,  started making Wii games after E3 due to the Wii's excellent showing.  Does anyone think the Wii is taking the same path as the DS in terms of success?

Also let me clarify that I think the Wii will be in second place this gen.

:? in not sure but it couldHyper-Chicken

If youre talking about game droughts, half-baked ports, and little to no-good use of it's innovative features...the answer is yes.FrenziedRaldo24

DS has gained a lot of loyal Nintendo fans who really enjoyed the GBA due to the handheld having games like Super Mario 64, New Super Mario Bros, Yoshi's Island DS, Pokemon Diamond (still not freakin released here), Castlevania, Phoenix Wright, Mario Kart, Metroid Prime and Animal Crossing.

Nintendo did something really smart too though. They brought in the loyal Nintendo fans who enjoy the games I mentioned before but they've also reeled in non-gamers with games like Nintendogs and Brain Training (I actually enjoyed both of those but that's besides the point). So DS basically got non-gamers and hardcore gamers in one which is a brilliant achievement and DS will probably end up selling over 70 million units in the end.

Wii is riding off the success of the DS but it seems to be attracting non gamers rather than hardcore gamers. It has Zelda, sure, but that's also available on GC. Wii in my view is primarily a console for non gamers and while I don't think that's bad I think if you do purchase the console you have to purchase a PS3 or 360 as well to actually get a complete gaming experience (unless you're a non gamer).

So in other words, while I don't expect Wii to be as successful as the DS, I do expect it will attract most, if not all of the non gamers. I just think they are non gamers for a reason and in the end casuals will probably end up with the PS3 most likely since it has all the major titles they enjoyed on their PS2 so that will probably be the best selling console in the end.
the-very-best

I don't think there is any doubt that the Wii is going to sell more than the Gamecube did, and being as Nintendo make a profit on each system sold, it can certainly be considered a commerical success.  The DS has sold a huge amount of units, but really, following on from the legacy of the various Gameboy systems, was it ever really a doubt that a Nintendo handheld would sell? 

Whether or not the Wii will be a success in terms of the quality of the games it offers is yet to be decided either way.  There have been some very good first party titles already, and of the 3rd party titles there have been a couple that show it is possible for 3rd parties to do something decent on the system. (Madden and Monkey Ball for example...)

Personally I think all it will take is for someone to produce an AAA 3rd party game and the Wii will not look back from there.

How much more does Wii cost ?tricyclon123