The Official May 2009 NPD Thread (Data at 6:30 PM EST)

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TheSource said:

I dont know why you think the backwards compatability is a big issue. I've got a pretty reliable developer source who claimed that the reason Sony took PS2 compatability out of PS3 is because only 5% of PS3 users ever played PS2 games on PS3. It wasn't a compelling feature. PS3 is selling (or not selling depending on your perspective) based on PS3 software.

Wii 2 or whatever Nintendo's next system is probably will play Wii games, but Wii will sell on Wii games and Wii 2 will sell on Wii 2 games. The fact that you can get a Wii 2 for $300 and a Wii for $130 or whatever and play Wii games on Wii 2 isn't going to kill the Wii. PS2 played PS1 games, it was never ridiculously expensive, and PS1 would routinely outsell Xbox 1 and GC and DC through 2000-2003 in most world markets.

 

It's an issue for PS3 owners that have their PS2 that break. Right now they have to purchase another PS2...

The biggest issue is probably going to be the price difference between the Wii successor and the Wii at the time that successor releases.

The Wii released at 249$ of its successor releases around the same price that means at best it will be 150$ more expensive that the Wii ( I can't ever imagine the Wii going bellow 99$ in its lifetime).

At that price many might consider buying a straight Wii2 instead of a Wii especially if it can play the old Wii games ( there's 2 reasons to buy a PS2 right now, it's darn cheap and the games are really cheap). Now if you can play cheap Wii games on your Wii 2 and if it only cost 150$ or so more the Wii2 becomes a decent choice.

I mean if you have a rl low budget right now, sure the PS3 price is a huge turn off, but the fact that you can get 5 good used PS2 games for a price of a PS3 game is probably an even bigger turn off...( I've been selling my old PS2 games at 5$ each in a garage sales and I tell you there is demand..) Sometime you're willing to take a one time hit for an expensive item you really want but the killer here is really the huge recuring costs to get new games..