Originally posted by General Kaliero
For instance, everyone says the Wii's graphics look horrible simply because Nintendo has decided to pay more attention to gameplay than shinies. We won't REALLY know if the Wii is visibly inferior until we've got a Wii and a 360 running the same game next to eachother. My bet is that, side-by-side, the two will be at a similar difference as the XBox and the 'Cube, some difference in shine, but nowhere near enough to be a detriment to enjoying the game.
I agree with you that, in the beginning, the difference won't be huge in terms of graphics between the Wii and the 360/PS3. However, somewhere down the line (2 or 3 years), that small gap's going to have become an easily noticeable difference, IMO. Not that that's going to be terrible, but I think it might put some gamers off (of course, this is 2, 3, or 4 years in the future, so take it how you will).