Six Things Microsoft and Nintendo Should Steal from Sony

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Loud_Hot_White_Box said:

Onyxmeth said:

Ok that I can agree with. That is where the article fails though, because he says they should be in the 360 and the Wii, and we all know these features will continue to be too expensive until at least the beginning of the next cycle of consoles. This is why you can't seperate the features from the price, because if the 360 and Wii had done what the article suggested, and had those features in their consoles, Microsoft and Nintendo would be as broke as Sony is now. The features were mistakes BECAUSE they came too early, not because they aren't awesome.

 

 

I agree with your last sentence as regards expense, although there are two mitigating factors Sony couldn't foresee.  First, the yen is 25% stronger vs the dollar than it has been within the last ..I dunno, decade almost.  25% multiplied the PS3's cost comes out to more than $100.  Conclusion: take away the economic factor of the yen and the components are not "too expensive" anymore, b/c PS3 would cost over $100 less and Sony could drop to $299.  Second, the recession is shifting demand to consoles priced less in absolute terms.  So those must be considered along with Sony's missteps.

The charitable interpretation of the article would be that some new version of 360 should have blu-ray, or that Live/VC should be as open as the PSN, starting now or in the future.  I mean, if the article is saying that Wii should have launched with blu-ray, that's obviously laughable, but I do think that going forward, some of the features would make sense for one or both of Sony's competitors.

 

 

But dropping to 299 isn't enough.  I think the Wii is too expensive for a mass market, but Wii Sports is making the price seem reasonable for most consumers. $199 is a good price for a console, or $250 with a AAA bundled game.