EEDAR - Obvious Wii estimate, my theory proven correct

[wiifan75]

megaman79 said:

@wiifan75, well thats an interesting point that the article raises. Will the cheaper HD consoles force game prices back down to $50 so they simply compete with the Wii's audience? Are motion controls going to contribute also?

Don't see game prices going down.  Nintendo made it a policy for keeping prices standard and sub-par titles at a lower price point.  Quality titles are only allowed the $50 price point.  Whether it's stayed true is another story but I know when I go into a store, I see some games that have short game length times being priced lower than the better titles.  They even show the standard by selling Wii Fit Plus for only $20.  That game will easily sell millions and they could charge more like other companies do but they are not.  I like that from a company.  No unintended wallet gouging.  HD consoles already know that their users will pay a lot of money for a title.  ODST just showed that again.  All the complaints out there about it being less than a full game and over 2million in sales already?  But those same people were happy paying $500 and $600 for a game console so companies know those people have money to burn through the winter apparently.  Or will work their two jobs to pay for their gaming.  I don't see any price constraints on those casual titles for HD consoles.  Wii casual users won't be making that jump into that unknown.  Every relative I have has a Wii in their house.  The only Xbox and PS3 in the family is a PS3 for my nephew who loves FPS games and my cousin with a 360 because his son wanted one for a game that wasn't on Wii.  The xbox collects dust from little use.  The PS3 was to replace a 3rd 360 that suffered RRoD like previous 2 and the 360 was only for Gears of War game.  No one else is even looking at other consoles.  Too much money before.  Even now it's no concern after price drop.  It looks more like depreciation instead of great savings.  It's an old technology already just like the others.  This generation is done.  These "add ons" are going to be the small jump into our next gen I think.  10 year life cycle is becoming 15 year life cycle because of add ons.  But hey, it's my 2 cents.