| DonWii said: People keep talking about PS3 selling well for $500/$600. However, the increase in PS3 sales saw only a small increase in software sales. Meaning? People are buying the PS3 as a BR player. Not everyone buying a PS3 buys it for games, nor the prospect of buying games in the future. IF the PS3 didn't double as a BR player, THEN I would acknowledge it selling well at such a high price. |
yea it is much more impressive to sell a PS2 in a new box with a motion controller.....shoulda just copied Nintendo right. The fact is the PS3 is a game machine that plays Bluray I would not expect a diehard Nintendo fan to know anything about Multi functionality but seems like it Is something consumers want (ie.Iphone) . Or do you not acknowlege the Fact that Iphone is a phone.
If the PS3 did not double as a Bluray player it would be a couple hundred dollars less and would be selling faster than the Wii. Sony wanted to make a system that would still be considered next gen in a few years (when most people will get the full value of the then cheaper console by owning HD TVs) By the time most people move to HDTV the format war will be over and Bluray will be the Nextgen disc format.
This is completly different then Nintendo's approach of using last gen tech that was cheap and readily available so price of the console would be low but questions arise about the longevity of the system itself. Nitendo is the cheap system it will sell while the more expensive 360 and PS3 are challanging for next gen gamers. There is no comparing Wii sales to PS3 but honestly you can not compare the 2 at any level sure they both play games but It is not the same type of games.
