We think its going to be extremely strong for casual and hardcore gamers." "Nintendo has a huge number of customers that appreciate the brands on the Wii," he continued, "We know that Nintendo is looking at this next generation with big hopes. We expect the machine to be very successful." Considering just how many third party developers and publishers have spoken out in favor of the Wii- including Irrational, Rocksteady, Epic, EA, DICE, Activision, Valve, Crytek and Ubisoft, of course- it seems that Nintendo may just have struck gold this time. But we'll know for sure when the system releases.