The Ghost of RubangB on 20 August 2008
| Paul_Warren said: "nice sentiment, and I do agree that Sony have dealt with (most of) the original problems. However the fact remains that while MS and Sony duke it out over small points of one-upmanship, Ninty is just sitting back and hoovering up the profits." Of course the problem with Ninty is that have totally forgotten how to make good games and are now trying to get by on brand name alone. They had a disastrous E3, their outing in Leipzig hasn't been any more impressive. And people aren't going to continue to buy the the Wii for the types of games that they've decided to put on the market in recent months. Mediocre reviews for Animal Crossing and Wii Music during the holidays combined with rave reviews for Little Big Planet and Resistance 2 would start to generate steam for the PS3 and with the possibility of a $299.99 PS3 on the market with Blu-Ray and a 40 GB hard drive, and you have a situation where the PS3 could begin to dominate in all territories the way the Wii has been doing so far. At any rate, Nintendo is going to have to cut the price of the Wii and make sure that they have a steady supply of units in the stores to compete with a $199.99 360 and a $299.99 PS3 ($250.00 if Sony decides to release a hard drive optional version). |
Rave reviews for exclusive games don't affect console sales. GameCube has several of the highest rated video games of all time, and it was smoked by the uber-casual PS2.
Nintendo learned from their mistakes and Sony's successes. Every success Sony had somehow made them dumber.
And those prices aren't going to happen. Sony can't afford to lose more money faster than they are now.
