| MikeB said: @ rubido I agree with you. Ideally, I would say that blue ray is better than dvd9 if you want hd content. Texture sizes go up and you will need the extra space if you want something well done. The problem I see is with the choice at this specific point in time. I think that the ps3 could have made a huge dent on wii sales (360 would have been dust) if it was cheaper. Wii would still be great for the novelty, but the ps3 would be right up there and could even win at the end (opinion only). I think DVD is very suitable for the PS2 and Nintendo Wii, but I think for consoles like the XBox 360 and PS3 DVD's storage limitations would lead to significant sacrifices being made over the next couple of years. The PS3 hasn't lost the war just yet. Although I think the Nintendo Wii may outsell the PS3 the coming 1 or 2 years, I think there's enough potential for the PS3 ending up at the top of the current consoles eventually. A low end PS3 would have more negatively impacted PS2, XBox 360 and maybe Nintendo Wii sales, probably resulting in fewer consoles being sold overall. There's a market for a high end console like the PS3 judging from the millions of users already. Think about the PS3 as an expensive luxury car, not everone prefers to drive a cheaper mass market car. But unlike is the case with luxury cars, consoles drop down in price over years significantly and the PS3 will expand in features and uses (including more games). |
I don't believe the comparison to cars applies. If we were to talk in car terms, I would say that each car has his specific gas. Then a mass market car will have companies producing gas for it because it sells while no company would like to produce gas for the luxury car because it is a small market. Also, it would be more expensive to produce the gas for the luxury cars while the consumers would not pay much more than the price for the mass market gas. Later, without gas, nobody buys the car anymore. Translating back to gaming terms, I can't see a scenario in which the ps3 would outsell the wii in the long run.
Even my comparison to cars was a crappy one. With cars, the luxury car would stop selling. In the gaming case, I believe the ps3 will continue selling throughout its lifetime. Just less and less as time goes on. Again related to the initial price.
