The high-definition generation of gaming, featuring every processing trick possible has been upstaged by two GameCube’s duct-taped together. Nintendo’s next-gen system features few graphical improvements over its GameCube, focusing instead on the Wii-Mote, its motion-sensitive controller. Nintendo’s Wii has become the love of old folks and soccer moms looking to casual game their way to slimmer waists and family fun. The Wii’s hyped its simple movement-based gameplay to attract new gamers to the flock making the system hard to find almost two years after its release.

According to The People, England’s Prince William has had to share his Christmas present with his grandmother.  The Queen has apparently been taken with Nintendo’s charming doohickey.  The People quoted a palace source saying: "[The Queen] played a simple ten-pin bowling game and by all accounts was a natural…And although she is 81, the Queen’s hand-eye co-ordination was as good as somebody half her age."

Operating against the cliche, the Queen has been known to enjoy the latest technology, owning an iPod, consistently upgrading her mobile phone and BlackBerry, and even setting up her own email account.

Maybe this will convince my father to stop keeping a paper address book.  Seriously, the man practices his penmanship for fun.

Worldwide sellouts and piles of money haven’t stopped Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime from finding something to whine about. Fils-Aime told Reuters today he disapproves of retailers bundling the Nintendo Wii with games, removing the price advantage Nintendo has over its competitors.

Fils-Aime has a point. Gamestop sells the Wii with two to five games and a second set of controllers, making the $250 console cost almost $600 before shipping - more expensive than the Xbox 360 and PS3.

“We think it masks some of the price advantage we have versus our competition and, frankly, the consumer should decide what they want,” Fils-Aime said.

Now I agree bundles can be frustrating, but what’s it Nintendo’s business how retailers push the Wii. Nintendo can’t even keep Wiis in the stores. The second the Wiis are sold, they appear on eBay for 50 to 100 percent retail. So is it so wrong for the retailer to include the software in order to maximize its own profitability.

If Gamestop had 500 Wiis in every store, they wouldn’t bundle them because they couldn’t force consumers to stomach the games they don’t want. Those consumers would just go to Best Buy for bundle-less Wiis. But since supply is limited, retailers are finding ways to artificially mark-up the price, but at the same time offering more to the customer. Of course, if you don’t want the games, you can just spend the same $600 on a stand-alone Wii on eBay.

Nintendo just keeps to understand the basics of supply and demand.  Their console may be cheaper, but that doesn’t define it’s value. Capitalism does that.