The Nintendo Wii may not sport the brains and graphical beauty of powerhouses such as the Xbox 360 and PS3, but the boss of Storomfront Studios (Lord of the Rings 2002, Eragon) has commented that the Wii should be considered a next-generation console for the way in which it manages to change perceptions of what interactive entertainment is. To him, this has every right to be classed as next-gen just as the Xbox 360 and PS3 are.

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"I'm sure that somewhere in this little section of this room, there's somebody who does not believe the Wii is next-gen," he said.

"It does not have the processing power the 360 or the PS3 do, and you can make the consistent argument that, without that processing power, it can not revolutionise the entire experience. That's debateable, and we get to decide."

"Nobody gets to tell us what we think is next-gen - we get to decide for ourselves. I can help start arguing, but we get to decide for ourselves."

"Next-gen hardware is any platform that, upon its introduction, dramatically changes players' view of the potential for interactive entertainment," he said, before arguing that it's a definition that fits software as well.

"If it changes the player's view of what interactive entertainment is; if you think differently about it; if you have a new perspective after playing the game that you didn't have before, to me that's next-gen," he told the audience.