We all know the Nintendo WiI has dominated this generation of consoles. Nintendo has managed to capture gamers and non-gamers imagination, with its more proactive approach to gaming. However does anyone else see how Nintendo is ripping gamers off?

Nintendo has done the unthinkable. They came out with a system that no one was too sure about and they have taken the lead in sales out of all three current generation consoles. The fun factor and use of motion controls, instead of just your average controller, has brought new gamers into the fold. People who hardly ever or never played video games have been drawn to the Wii because of its fun factor and cool games. Wii Fit, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Wii Sports,Wii Play, and Mario Kart Wii are the five highest selling games on the Wii selling more than 63 million copies combined (Wii Sports has sold close to 44 million, but it is bundled with every console) according to VGChartz. No one can deny the fact that Nintendo has done a great job marketing the Wii and coming up with innovative, although repetitive, games. Developers are starting to put more of their resources into the Wii instead of the PS3 and the 360, which could be a bad or good thing depending on who you ask. My question is can Nintendo keep this up?

The Wii is a phenomenon. There is no doubt about this. Every man and his dog have one and Nintendo have established themselves as runaway leaders in terms of sales this generation. The Wii is a great console with its brilliant innovative design and has some great titles to boot. But one of the few negative aspects that Nintendo has been labeled with this generation is that they have abandoned their core loyalists and sold out to the casual market. Some of the games they have bought forward have been described as shovelware as they produce games with quantity over quality in mind and are just out to make money. But did Nintendo have no option but to dip into the casual market to stay alive?