albionus on 28 March 2007
windbane said:
Well, I came up with it somehow, and I'm a student. Then again, I recognize the present and future value of what I paid for.
Being a college student I can see that typical college students (not sure how typical you are income or more importantly parent's income wise) shouldn't have the disposable money to buy a $600 video game system or HDTV's but most do anyways. I can also see first-hand that college students aren't the best at understanding what constitutes the best present and future value of something though none would ever admit it. At any rate when it comes to market dominance college students don't come close to providing it. The people who provide that dominance are people who have to weigh the cost of a video game system versus their mortgage, car payment(s), bills, endless amounts of food and clothing for kids, etc. This is more so for the lower income European, East Asian, and "Other" markets Sony has thus far owned and where the price is higher. This doesn't mean the PS3 won't see a decent amount of units shipped (20-30 million should be no trouble) but it simply cannot become the market dominator the PS1 & 2 did and that this Sony developer claims it will.
Also, good games are good games regardless of their resolution. The funnest (in my opinion and by sales) games right now run on a 256 x 192 screen, well 2 of them.
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