Wii tops again!

[tuoyo]

HoodFigga said:
I like how people give so much credit to the Wii as if it has nothing to do with it being significantly cheaper than the PS3. If the PS3 and Wii were the same price, I wouldn't have even bothered to get a Wii when they came out.

This argument is like 10 years old and I am kind of totally, exceedingly, completely, 100% shocked that someone can still be bringing it up.  if the PS3 was the same price as the Wii either 1. Sony would have gone out of business as it would have been making too much of a loss on each console or 2.  The PS3 would not have blu ray, super high end graphics, etc.  Either way it is a ridiculous point to bring up.  Nintendo decided on what console to release and how to price it.  Sony decided on what console to release and how to price it.  It is not for the public to turn around and say if this was this and that was that this would happen.  That is fantasy.  The reality is that Nintendo outsells the PS3 and makes a ton of profit.

A more sensible argument would be which console would sell more if they were sold at cost.  The Wii would be selling for less than it cost now and the PS3 would probably be selling at a slightly higher price.  The result?  An even bigger gap in sales.  but again it is a fantasy argument and we are better focusing on reality. 

 

Aside from the fact that it is a fantasy argument it is also the same argument people were making about the Wii and 360 but the Wii was still outselling the 360 when the arcade cost way less than a Wii and the pro model cost slightly less than Wii.

 

Yikes I seem to have gone off on quite a rant but I was totally shocked to be seeing this price argument towards the end of the year 2009.