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txrattlesnake on 04 May 2009
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"Lowest price does not mean most sales. The PS2 is $100 now, and many would argue has the best and most diverse lineup of any console ever made, and it's being outsold by a $250 Wii, and even the $400 PS3 is outselling it.

The GameCube was the cheapest console of its generation, and came in 3rd place."

But the PS2 had had its time in the sun and is a last gen console. It is no wonder that current gen consoles outsell it.

The Gamecube wasn't as cheap in comparison to either the PS2 or xbox during its time as was the Wii in comparison to the 360 and PS3 at its launch. There ceratinly wasn't a gap of $350.00 between the price of the Gamecube and original xbox at their launch.


"Shortages do not create demand. High demand means a product has a great value-to-cost ratio in the minds of the consumers. Part of this perceived value comes from the fact that it comes with a free game that you've actually heard of and seen all over TV (Oprah, Ellen, Conan, the Colbert Report, Jon Stewart at the Oscars, Jimmy Fallon, etc.)."

Well, then why were people buying 360's in holiday '05 for $3,000.00 when Microsoft told them that if they waited a few months, they would be able to get them for $399.99?




"This is true. When a company makes so many great games at once and releases them all so soon, they will sell a lot of software and a lot of hardware. Now why are you trying to make that look like a bad thing? Everybody else wishes they had that lineup that fast all to themselves."

Getting them all out when they did has kind of backfired on Nintendo as of late. Look at Japan, even the PS3 is outselling it.



"Hahaha, no.

We'd be having a ton of 2-D platformers and point-and-click adventure games. But all we get is cinematic FPS and cinematic RPG."

Yeah, like all the 2d platformers on the virtual console, Super Mario Galaxy, Zack and Wiki, New Super Mario Bros. on the DS, Super Smash Bros. Brawl which has some 2d platforming elements, games like Sam and Max, Strong Bad, Broken Sword also on Virtual console, more family friendly games on Wii like back in the NES days, and Little Big Planet on PS3 just totally don't exist do they?