| BTFeather55 said: I don't really see what was so spectacular about Sky Render's comment especially in light of my earlier comment that if both Sony and Microsoft removed their consoles from the market someone else ie. Sega could enter the market with a console that was just as powerful as the Wii that would cost $100 less than the Wii does and that had all of the hardcore type of games that many people say the Wii doesn't have and that don't usually sell well on the Wii but that have shown they have good combined sales on PS3 and 360. |
Not really, no. For one thing, I'm well-known for making these sorts of analyses and discussing market trends. For another, I didn't specify any competitor or what they would do. Although I can say this: the odds are far better that any challenger to the Wii's dominance will attempt to go for a compromise between the two markets instead of aiming specifically for the portion of the market which the Wii is reviled by.
The most likely scenario for a Wii competitor from a new contender would be one which carries the values of the Wii even further (ie. the immersiveness of control and immediate pick-up-and-play appeal) and attempts to merge them with a few fundamental values of upmarket gaming which the Wii does not embody (ie. higher-quality graphics, better processing power). This is, in a nutshell, what Sega did with the Genesis. And in the end, it only worked because of the software they came up with to make that difference mean something to consumers, a game we know as Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sky Render - Sanity is for the weak.
