| mrstickball said: I think the little-known fact of this generation isn't the whole "HD generation" or the "Wii generation", but more of the online generation. Every system has online, but I think Nintendo has made a mistake in not promoting online gaming with the Wii vs. what Sony and MS have. It might be a trojan horse for them in the future, as broadband continues to increase exponentially, and Wii has yet to allow for online functionality outside of VC and other stuff. IMO, if Wii Sports was online, it'd be truely the biggest baddest best game, but it totally missed out. Killer launch titles don't really mean everything. N64 had Mario 64 - certainly the biggest game to ever launch on a system @ time of sale. What really matters are those 6 month to 12 month titles. Nintendo never delivered on N64 and GC in that time period, and suffered greatly. MS's main mistake thus far is not reducing the price on the 360. Sony ruined their 120m+ fanbase by launching the PS3 at a price that isn't competitive in the market. A $300 PS3 would easily beat the Wii out, but its $600 pricetag is floundering. |
I'm not so sure as to whether Online gaming will have the impact on sales that people believe it will. I've been in online gaming (essentially) since it began (I remember meeting up with people on BBS systems to play games of Doom) and there has always been this constant optimistic belief that Online gaming was just about to break into the mainstream. Now, there are lots of reasons why Online gaming has not become mainstream but I don't think that Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft have found the magic Key which solves all of those problems.
