HappySqurriel said:
Nonquihote said:
omoneru said:
It depends on how to define "win".
If it means market share, probably Nintendo will "win", whether you like it or not. The core gaming audience is insignificant in terms of size compared to the mainstream.
Microsoft will probably try to come up with some new interface to capture casuals, but it's going to be too late unless a) they release it within a year or less, b) they make the hardware more reliable and chaper, and c) 3rd party developers have been developing a lot of quality casual titles in sync with new interface.
Sony, I don't know. They will satisfy core gamers with core games in 2008. But that's not going to let them "win" once Pandora's box of casual gaming is fully opened. |
So is PS2s 120 million user base insignificant ? +1.2 billion in software sold. Casual dont buy enough games to be that biog a deal. |
Just as a question, do you know why games like Grand Theft Auto and Gran Turismo sold 15 Million copies while games like God of War only sell in the 1 Million unit range? The answer is casual gamers ... |
Nonquihote's post implicitly reveals such an important bias; he is implying that all PS2 owners are hardcore. His definition of "hardcore" is "Someone who owns a Sony (or perhaps Microsoft) console."
It's one thing to believe that PS3/360 has more "hardcoreness" in some vague way, implying skill and/or violence and/or male predelictions in game choices. It's quite another to draw a fine line; Playstation owners are hardcore, Nintendo owners are not. Actually, I actually think the arguments are nearly identical, but the more nebulous definitions are simply disguised better.
