The 360's weakness is now its strength

[shrimpy_boy11]

Bodhesatva said:

shrimpy_boy11 said:
If the 360 library is lop-sided as you say in your post wouldnt that (not saying it does) take away potential buyers.

Take me for example...I have a Wii and have been saving money to buy a 360 or Ps3 as i want to play games with high end graphics.

Do I:

a) buy a 360 due to its large library? even though its mostly consists of FPS but is cheaper.

or

b) buy a PS3 as its has a diverse of games?(not as large as the 360 tho) and has some good upcoming-games and already good games outside of the FPS genre. And plus it costs more.




- right now im straying towards the PS3 as its game library has lots of potential for the future....

but you are right bod saying that the 360 is getting a advantage since im already wanting to play some o the FPS on the 360.

 Your arguments are totally reasonable in a world where the Wii  does not exist, and that's why the 360 was criticized so much before the Wii became so popular (and even afterward, to some extent). The point is that now that the Wii IS here, and has soaked up such a large portion of the demographics outside males 18-30, is it even worth Sony and MS' time to try to get those demographics back? Because as of right now, games like Viva Pinata, Uncharted and Ratchet are running in to a brick wall and losing money. 

Every company has a limited amount of resources. Is it really better to be spending money trying to recapture the female/child/elderly markets, or would it be better to accept those markets as lost and focus entirely on the demographics you have succesfuly captured?  

You have a valid point there. I would say that the MS should keep producing games to keep the 18-30 demographic happy as i think nintendo has won casuals. But i wouldnt hurt for MS to release some casual games as it can now feed on the the new demographic the wii has opened (guitar hero showing that casual does work on 360). Sony on the other hand i think will get the biggest advantage as the ps3 will have FPS,RPG,Sim and Racing and a large variety of casualgames in its library eventually so it will cash in on both areas of 360 and Wii. Although in the same amount of time the Wii's library could be more diverse than both the 360 and PS3.

Basically (since i didnt explain it well) MS, Sony and Ninty could do many things to cash in on different demographics but only time will tell as anything could happen.