Darth Tigris on 14 January 2009
| dharh said: It's true anyway. Last gen traditional gamers (aka PS2 and XBOX owners) are primarily PS3 and X360 owners. Wii owners are either brand new gamers, nintendo fans, or non-traditional gamers. The fact is the console market has segmented right down the middle 50% wii and 50% PS3/X360. There is just not much crossover. When this gen ends im going to own probably close to 50 PS3/X360 games and maybe 5 wii games. |
I like what you're saying here. And, for the most part, I agree.
The Nintendo rep is saying that they're main goal was in EXPANDING the market, not competing with MS and Sony for the core market. This is what a number of us have been saying about the Wii vs. the PS360. This is also something that Nintendo has often stated from the very start.
Does anyone have numbers comparing how many total consoles have been sold this gen vs. last gen during a comparable amount of time? Keeping mild population growth and higher price entry points in mind (they might cancel each other out), I think it could be quite telling as to if the market is indeed growing vs. the Wii simply taking the place of the PS2 as the popular system.
