Would the Wii be as succesfull with a PS360 ?

[Grey Acumen]

Super mega fusion of PS3 and 360, best of both worlds:

PS3 side - Bluray, replaceable harddrive as standard, cell processor, slot load drive, built in wireless, HDMI as standard, No RRoD, motion controls

360 side - Xbox Live online experience, able to use a PC monitor instead of needing a new TV, willing to fund 3rd parties for new exclusive games, more powerful GPU

colab benefits - Not competing with each other, games aren't having the PS3 and 360 versions picked apart graphically. Games like Viva pinata come to PSP instead of DS. Gamers no longer have to make choice between Halo3 and MGS4. Games are designed specifically for this super console, and thus don't suffer from port problems that limits the developer's ability to utilize all of a console's power.

variables - Price; with all the stuff getting packed into this, it's possible it could have launched at an even HIGHER pricepoint, and possibly stayed much higher as well, due to the lack of competition in the HD console feild. This could easily negate any advantage it would gain from not having any competition. Launch; While launching later would have kept the RRoD issue out of the equation, the shortages of bluray diodes would still create an issue with being able to launch earlier, and thus secure exclusives for that console as Microsoft had done when they launched the 360.


Personally, I think that the Wii would still be a little ahead, maybe 55% vs 45% though it could be as much as 70% to 30% depending on how many people currently are PS3 and 360 owners.