konnichiwa said:
naznatips said:
konnichiwa said:
Without the exception of my hobby who is dying everything is fine |
Nothing is killing your hobby lol. The PS3 and 360 aren't going away, they just won't be close to dominant. Ask 20 million Nintendo fans if being in last place makes the system any less fun (for the record, it doesn't). I had a PS2, an Xbox, and a Gamecube last generation. My Gamecube was my favorite though, despite being in last place. Then the PS2 then the Xbox. Despite being my least favorite last generation, I can't wait to get an Xbox 360 this generation. You just got too used to being the market leader.
I was a lot of time boring if I only had a gamecube I would stop for sure if that was the only console. As far as gaming in general goes, honestly if SOMEONE didn't change something, the market would have gone stagnant this generation and gaming would have declined to being as niche as Dungeons and Dragons. The Wii has saved gaming in a sense. It needed to be done. It's not going to kill off the core gamer though. No worries Konnichiwa. Just sit back, enjoy the games, and take an interest in the sales. That's what I do :) |
It was growing and why would it decline? |
System sales were growing, software sales were not. The Japanese market was in a huge dive, and the American market would have been if not for Halo. Gaming was constricting to one small age demographic. Think about what would have happened if the Wii hadn't existed:
This generation would have started with a $400 and a $600 game console, and that's it. That is a ridiculously large jump in price from the last 2 generations. The pricing and the narrow demographic appeal would have killed gaming this generation. There would have been no game systems to appeal to kids. There would have been no games systems to expand the mass market into adults. The market would have constricted and stagnated. Every generation game systems would have gotten more expensive and appeal to smaller and smaller groups of people. Something HAD to change.
