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marc on 30 July 2007
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robjoh said:
marc said:
robjoh said:
 

That doesn't matters in Japan, the DS and the PSP is around the same price in Japan, I think we will see the same thing with PS3 vs Wii. Simply because it is Wii that has Wii Sport.


I memory serves me, the PSP was around $250 at release vs DS at $150. Thats a very big difference especially when you consider that its a handheld but at least that sold and is selling decently well. The irony is that Sony didnt learn from that lesson and make the same mistake with the PS3.

The Wii simply appeals to a wider market including (oh the irony again) the most hardcore gamer who already has a high performance machine and wants a nice get-away from the norm.


What I was trying to point out was that the PSP now has the same price as the PSP. The PSP had actualy a quit good start, but it fell of when DS got some killer games. The same is true for the PS3, it doesn't have the games for the japanese market meanwhile Nintendo has the killer apps in Wii Sport.


I dont believe this is the case. I think more than 50% of the sales are due to price alone. If what you say was true then the Saturn and N64 would have trumped the original PS but that didnt happen. What happened was the most expensive console failed (Saturn) and the N64 went into direct competition with the PS. Nintendo already had their "killer apps" including one of the most highly rated games of all time in Ocarina of time yet they still didnt do very well. The PS won that generation because their technology was easier to use and cheaper to produce (CDs), they offered ok games initially that could compete with Nintendos offerings and most noteable the price was on par with the N64.