Why I don't believe in "System Sellers"

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@WiteoutKing - not you and your sig as well? <sigh> Maybe ioi should enforce a "cap" on sigs - no more than 10 lines (heaps...).

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Anyway...

I think its quite simple - its a ratio between the price of a console, and the number of games someone wants for the console.

As the price of a console drops - people will consider a purchase with less "killer" games (killer being defined as a game they really want to play).

And really good (or "system selling games") can count as more than "1" title - they can count as two or three titles.

The Wii would be nothing without WiiSports. By making it a pack-in, its almost treated as a "single, expensive" game - the console itself is free.

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Setup a table like this:

GAME    -->     WILLING TO SPEND TO PLAY GAME    -->    GAME COST / CONSOLE MONEY

(i.e. for any game, how much would someone be willing to spend to play that game - including the cost of the game. Note that this is different from the cost of the software).

Just an example...

GTA4          -->      $300-$500      -->      $60 / $240-$440

WiiSports    -->      $150-250       -->      $0/$150-$250

WiiPlay       -->      $40                 -->      $10 (-controller?) / $30

Metroid        -->    $150                -->      $50/$100 

    - Person 'A' likes WiiSports, and is willing to spend $250 on it. They go out and buy a Wii + game.
    - Person 'B' likes WiiSports, but only wants to spend $200 on it. They don't buy a Wii. But then WiiPlay comes out, and they buy a Wii + WiiPlay (the controller complicates things as well).

    - Person 'C' likes WiiSports, but would only spend $150 for it. They don't want WiiPlay. But they want Metroid. When Metroid hits, they splash out and buy a Wii + Metroid ($150 + $100 - from Metroid - covers the cost of the console).

Take the PS3 for example. There is no way I would spend $500(US) on it. I might be willing to spend $200 to play GTA though. I also like the look of R&C - $100. And throw in Uncharted as well - $100.

The games cost 3x$50 - $150 - which leaves $250 for the console. So when the PS3 hits $250, I would head out and buy a PS3 - plus all these games.

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You can almost define a fanboy as someone who buys outside of these rules - i.e. will buy a console, when no software is really available for it that they must play.