The Death of the Video Game Console Market

[Gnizmo]

shio said:

Gnizmo said:

shio said:
The console market really is "dieing" - the profit from console games have sharply decreased, half the publishers aren't even making money on the console market, and that is why there have been less and less exclusives on consoles. Another valid point of view is that consoles are becoming more and more like PC themselves, and if this trend continues they will actually be categorized as PCs. However there's no doubt that the console market is increasing.

The PC market on the other hand, is increasing steadily and the profit margin has increased also. This means more games, more indie support, more exclusives.

 Oh wiily now? Seems to me the console market is growing at a rather rapid pace but is leaving behind the older genres and formerly big name games. Nintendo managed to make a billion in profits in one quarter. I wonder how including them in the comparison used would skew the results...

I'm not sure what you're saying, I always included the Wii in my argument. Nintendo had a profit of $1 billion, but most of it was from hardware and DS games... i'm strictly talking about home console games vs PC games.

My point is your claim of the console market dying is as idiotic as people claiming that PC gaming is dying. Both markets are showing signs of growth. The Wii is the fastest selling console to date, and its two competitors are fairing better than the competition did last generation. I suppose you could try to discount this by saying you are only talking about games, but people won't buy a console if there are no games to play on it. Bluray players have been cheaper than PS3s for a long time now and that was the only system you could justify with no games. You are cherry picking the companies that have dumped millions into games that were intended to be released on systems with a far larger userbase and saying since those errors caused a loss in profits the market must be collapsing. To discount the biggest publisher because they also happen to sell hardware does nothing short of completely invalidating your point.