“I’m sure that somewhere in this little section of this room (GCDC conf), there’s somebody who does not believe the Wii is next-gen. It does not have the processing power the 360 or the PS3 do, and you can make the consistent argument that, without that processing power, it can not revolutionise the entire experience. That’s debateable, and we get to decide. Nobody gets to tell us what we think is next-gen - we get to decide for ourselves. I can help start arguing, but we get to decide for ourselves. Next-gen hardware is any platform that, upon its introduction, dramatically changes players’ view of the potential for interactive entertainment,” he said, before arguing that it’s a definition that fits software as well. If it changes the player’s view of what interactive entertainment is; if you think differently about it; if you have a new perspective after playing the game that you didn’t have before, to me that’s next-gen.” - President and CEO of Stormfront Studios, Don Daglow

Some fuel for the Wii’s fire!  I completely agree that the Wii is next-gen, and definitely changes players’ view of gaming’s potential.

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