| solidpumar said: I would release a Full 1080p hd, 3d capable console with BD media and digital distribution support in place. And use as launch strategy the launch of a big expensive MMO game, peharps even built in already in the consoles hard drive. Offer natal/wand out of the box support also. Aiming for a $400-450 launch price that would go down to $300 2 years after console launch.
Sony and microsoft already showed their progress on "brand new motion control tech" that I find hard Nintendo could compete because of the sheer complexity the technology of NATAL is and since MS already bought sole ownership of a technology has huge potential. Sony ps3 wand is already a technology way more advanced than nintendo's, and nintendo that would need to match it. Sony and Ms new console will surely be FULL HD 1080p also, so this wouldnt be a advantage for nintendo alone. But Sony and MS already have their online in place, and both already have mmo experience and investment in place. And mmo is the one of the biggest growing genres in the indurstries that has yet to be fully exploited by consoles, and when done, whoever can capitalize better will have an advantage. Sony is already leading the mmo effort and MS has mmo publishers reach. And whoever could make the WoW-killer, and masintream it to consoles could define and win the next gen generation. Nintendo would still have the biggest franchises, brand name,lots of loyal fans and bigger mainstream and casual influence, but could still capitalize on these being a 3rd party. |
See, that's the thing. No matter how 'advanced' Sony and Microsoft's motion controllers will be, it would be TOO HARD for normal people who don't play games that often to get into. You said complexity and way more advanced, and that's what drove new video game consumers from the HD consoles to the Wii; it would be graphics, console cost and the difficulty of certain games. People want something to play and have fun with, not something that's complicated and takes too long to play. That is why the Wii-remote looks like a television remote, which is why it's simple to pick up and play.
And Sony isn't winning anything. Not in the MMO (if you consider Free Realms an MMO, even if it is, I wouldn't touch something that looks like a cheap knock off for an MMO), as Microsoft, Activision-Blizzard and Square-Enix own most of it.
