How the Videogame Industry Shot Itself In the Joystick--and Why the Wii Has Stopped the Bleeding

[Avinash_Tyagi]

Words Of Wisdom said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Which is why the Wii has eschewed graphical advances until they become more cost effective, in favor of bringing more people into the market, that way when you are ready to implement those more expensive costs, you also have a larger base with which to recoup those expenditures

Exactly. Cost effectiveness is the key.

I knew you'd come onto the page (maybe we were never on different pages ).

Well you were saying that costs were going to go down over time, which isn't true, as costs will continue to rise for a long time, but Nintendo will always use older tech which has already dropped in price, rather than MS and Sony which will try to be bleeding edge, also Nintendo will try to grow the market unlike Sony and MS that have been targeting a very small group overall

Costs will go down.  That is a given.   When is the only real question left.

 Well costs will go down when games can mimmick reality which won't be for a very very long time.  Until then the best option is to let tech mature and go down in cost before adopting it because if you are on the bleeding edge costs will be very high, only when we reach the plateau of reality will the wall be hit