Square-enix TGS 2008 games

[Millennium]

Paul_Warren said:

@Millinieum,

Why do Wii Cultists get so mad when you tell them things they don't want to hear?

True the Wii has sold 30,000,000 consoles but the PS2 sold 120,000,000 consoles. That means that if all 30,000,000 of those Wii consoles were sold to PS2 owners that decided for some inexplicable reason that they had to have the Wii this gen instead of the PS3...

Actually, more PS2 owners have gone Wii than have gone PS3. The data was on this very site several weeks ago. I'll dig out the link and post it here later. To add insult to injury, more PS2 owners have also gone 360 than gone PS3.

"...and that 15,000,000 PS3s had been sold to PS2 owners that decided they wanted to continue their experiences with the greatest family of video game consoles ever on the planet in my opinion with the purchase of a PS3..."

In other words, blind brand loyalty. Sony was counting on you guys, you know; they even said outright during the PS3's development that brand-fanboys like you would buy the console even if there were no games for it at all (a statement which isn't all that far from the truth, but I digress). Yet you tolerated that crap, and all that other insults Sony hurled at you. Why would you stick by a company that treats you so badly? The majority of your colleagues came to their senses and jumped ship long ago.

"That's just math 095 my friend. This is also. How much does the typical Wii game cost $50.00? How much does the typical PS3 game cost $60.00. That means both Disney and Square-Enix stand to make $10.00 more on each copy of Kingdom Hearts III that they sell on the PS3 instead of on the Wii."

Not remotely. PS3 games cost more than Wii games because of two things: Blu-Ray licensing costs and the additional development effort needed for HD graphics. Disney and Square-Enix would not stand to make anything extra. Besides, even if that $10 were pure profit, Disney and Square-Enix wouldn't both make it; they'd have to split the sum between them in whatever way they've arranged. That is Math 095, my friend.