Wii - what is keeping the demand so high?

[elkatas]

Are you sure about that? I thought it was Yamauchi that pioneered the loss on hardware/profit on software business model with the NES?

I think it was Sony. Nintendo only pioneered idea of licensing development, and getting royalties from 3rd party software.

[Keith]

Are you sure about that? I thought it was Yamauchi that pioneered the loss on hardware/profit on software business model with the NES? My understanding was the GameCube was the first profit-making console for some time.

Nope, like I said this was all if I remember correctly - could very well be wrong but I don't think I am.