FishyJoe on 18 December 2008
| mrstickball said: FishyJoe - So what about the N64 and Gamecube...Or any other system Nintendo has ever put out? Every system they've put out before the Wii has been comparably powerful to other systems. The GameCube was similar in scope to the PS2/Xbox. The N64 (despite the carts) was similar to the Saturn/PS1 in terms of performance. But no one in their right mind would argue the same of the Wii versus the X360/PS3...Would they? How can you justify Nintendo charging the same amount of money for the Wii as they did every other system but provide far less power? |
Because these aren't PCs. Gaming consoles aren't just a sum of the parts. They are a consumer products, which aren't priced simply by their components.
Innovation isn't always about having the most sophisticated technolgy. You can also innovate by making things simpler so that more people can use something.
