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c0rd on 02 February 2009
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Pristine20 said:

Thats what competition does, 360 already pushed the set the bar high when it launched first and sony didn't have anything particularly innovative so they pusher it further. Nintendo decided to gamble elsewhere simply because they couldn't afford the stakes M$ and sony set considering their performance in the last 2 console gens of their only industry.

Frankly, I think it was the original xbox that started the insane tech push but I don't blame M$ for taking that route. They did what they had to do to get their foot in the door. It may be out of control now but we'll see how things play out. Ps3 and 360 and even the wii may be around much longer than we all expect.

I don't think so - they decided to take the path they did, simply because following the PS3/360 route didn't pay off. I'm sure Iwata said Nintendo has the money to make an HD console and compete if they wanted to (their cash reserves are huge) - but they didn't, simply because it doesn't make any sense to.

Also, MS was definitely not what started the tech push. That began much, much earlier. I mean, when Sega's Mega Drive started to pick up momentum on the NES, Nintendo was forced to up the graphics on their console. That may not have been where it started, but it definitely has been a tech push ever since. You might argue MS took it too far, but the same can be said about Sony, really.

I also find your last comment interesting, "even the Wii." I think many of us here (including me) think the Wii is destined to last the longest, for a number of reasons. That's for another thread, though...


@Slimebeast:

I want to see game budgets match the ones of Spiderman and Pirates of the Caribbean (+$200 million) - which would allow a team of 500 people work on a game for 4 years.

True, game budgets don't reach that level. However, videogames also only reach a fraction of the audience movies do. When you look at Dark Knight's revenue - $1bil, it means at least 150mil tickets (not sure about the pricing) were sold. Games don't come anywhere close. Remember Dark Knight's opening week? 11.8 million DVD's, 1.7 million Blu-rays. That first week already puts it over GTAIV LTD. There are many people that don't play videogames, but very few that don't watch movies.

 

Oh, lastly, wanted to say. Thanks for the links, celine, awesome reads.