Lifespan of the Wii?

[LordTheNightKnight]

davygee said:

RolStoppable said:

Why didn't Sony drop the price of the PSP to the DS level? If price is the only reason why the DS is selling better, just sell the PSP for the same price and it will start to dominate and this will pay off in the latter years of the handheld.

The reason why Sony did not want to drop the PSP's price was because it would cut into their profits and wouldn't help the PSP to sell better than the DS. Even Sony's businessmen understood this, some of their fans should start to understand this too.

Both, DS and Wii, don't have a real competition. Both are the only consoles providing the new generation of videogames.

Any predictions for DS and Wii to sell below 100 million LTD are insane.

Maybe we should make another thread talking about the lifespan of the PS3. I predict 4 years IF they are lucky.

Sony didn't want to sell the PSP cheaper at the release date, because they weren't making a profit from selling it cheaper. Similar to the PS3, Sony had made a system that wasn't making them a profit on each unit....only until they have produced loads, could they then reduce the cost.

Nintendo brought out the DS at $150 (£99 in the UK), whereas the PSP came in at $250 (£180 in the UK), not only until it had sold a reasonable number, reduced costs and started making a profit could they then reduce the price. The DS has dropped to $140 (£89 in the UK) and the PSP has now managed to get to $170 (£150 in the UK at the moment) which is a huge $80 drop in 2 years.

I personally believe that they can reduce the price even further to bring it more in line with the current DS price and when is comes down in the UK to around £100 I think we will see a load of sales.

No, it won't get to the same level as the DS which is sitting around 40m worldwide, whereas the PSP is closer to 22m, but a significant drop in price before Christmas this year and you very well may see a large rise in sales.

As for the Wii not have competition. I thought the 360 had sold 10m, not the Wii. Although I'll give you, that the Wii will probably have the most sales come the end of this year out of all 3 next gen consoles, but it's how long it can hold onto the lead?

How does asking questions prove something can't happen? The thing is, just because YOU can't see it happening doesn't mean it won't. For one thing, you forget that the Wii does have a lot of upcoming games. It remains to see how well they do, but as that applies to every game, that says nothing.

And the rules of video game momentum state that's it's more likely to gain momentum rather than lose it. The Wii has strong sales, companies realize they have to support it (as several have stated), and put some of their top games on it, those games sell, more people buy the Wii for the games, more developer support, more games, more game sales, more developer support.

The early signs were there with the PS2, and with the PS1, after Square switched over, so it is likely that the Wii will keep its momentum. Now there is a chance something can stop it, but as HD had its best sales yet in the past year, yet people STILL bought the Wii, lack of HD isn't what stops it.