Will PS3 eventually pass 360?

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rager1969 said:

Rath said:
1) The Wii will start losing it's appeal sometime in 2008 and you will be able to find them anywhere. The price will drop to a still too high $199. By early 2010, the gimmicky Wii-mote will not be enough to offset the slightly upgraded Gamecube graphics and Nintendo will have to drop to $99, at which point they will annouce either a replacement console with decent graphics or that they will be a handheld-only hardware company.

Im sorry but I have to say that this is possibly the funniest post ever to be seen on VGC. Most people who support a console, even those who do it in somewhat extreme ways such as Gball and Hus, keep some sense of reality.
Even considering the possibility of Nintendo bowing out of the console market this generation is just fantasy, considering the possibility of Nintendo not winning, believable. Considering the possibility of them giving up when they are already turning a massive profit? Not very likely Im afraid.

I was a bit sharp-tongued about the Wii. I don't hate it, but I was disappointed that Nintendo put most of it's effort into the Wii-mote and glossed over the graphics. The price tag bugged me, too. From day one, they were making a profit (and people criticize MS and Sony for being greedy, even though they are losing money on the hardware). But hey, what ever the market will bear. At least the Wii comes with a game.

Regarding Nintendo bowing out of consoles, I'm not saying it WILL or MUST happen, only that it's a possibility. Nintendo made certain choices with the Wii, choices I believe reduce its staying power. It was a big gamble, but obviously it's working for them, at least for the time being. If it stops working, they can't very well do more of the same for the next console. And if they decide they don't want to put money and effort into decent graphics, only to lose money on hardware, they might turn to a business model that makes more sense for them, like handheld-only.

 

You are aware that Nintendo has made 3x as much profit in the video game business over the last decade as Sony has, correct? If anyone is bowing out, it would be Microsoft. Why would the company that makes by far the most profit be the one to leave the industry? Can you please explain your reasoning? Let's say, just as a theoretical exercise, that the Wii magically reduced its sales figures to Gamecube figures, even though they are likely to approach that figure by year's end, just over a year after the release of their new system. In that situation, you are aware that Nintendo would still be making more money than Sony or Microsoft, correct?

The problem here is that you're big on opinion and small on empirical data. Clearly, you do not like the Wii very much. That is fine. However, just as clearly, a huge portion of people do not agree with you. It's selling profoundly better than any other console available. You assume that most others will feel the same way you do; that is clearly not the case. Instead of projecting your own opinions on to the general sphere, examine the data -- because it doesn't fit your hypothesis at all.