Feeling like Sony/Microsoft just showed you middle finger?

[Words Of Wisdom]

Khuutra said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Seriously?

Sony and Microsoft are dropping the cost of their gaming consoles while Nintendo is still charging the same amount... yet they're the ones screwing the consumers?

Sony and Microsoft were selling their consoles at a loss since the gen began while Nintendo was making a small mint on the Wii yet Sony and Microsoft are the ones screwing the consumers?

Sony and Microsoft have been very heavily upgrading their consoles' functionality in terms of media, online, and more while the Wii has basically the same capabilities it had at the start of this gen... yet Sony and Microsoft are the ones screwing the consumers?

The implication here being that Nintendo is the one screwing the consumers, or just that a logic running counter to the OP's would suggest that Nintendo is doing worse than Sony and Microsoft in this respect?

It's like the ink blot tests.  People will see what they want to see.  If they want to see it as Microsoft and Sony screwing the consumer, they can see it that way.  If they want to see it as Nintendo screwing the consumer, they can see it that way too.

When it comes to dropping prices, you need to look at what you got for the higher price.  Sure the PS3 is $299 today, but if you were an early adopter a couple years ago then you basically got 2 full years of gaming with the console for that additional $200-300.  Same for the 360 just with a few different numbers. 

Same for value/purpose.  If you buy a Wii to play Wii games, then if Nintendo doesn't change anything else about the console then (outside of games) it's still the same value it was when you got it.

If someone really wants to imagine a company is screwing them over, they'll find a way to see that.  It's just that easy to spin such things in different ways.